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[[File:Chamber of Commerce Bldg postcard.jpg|right|thumb|575px|the Lincoln Life Building]]
[[File:Chamber of Commerce Bldg postcard.jpg|right|thumb|400px|Postcard view of the Lincoln Life Building]]
The '''Lincoln Life Building''', later the '''Chamber of Commerce Building''' and '''Stallings Building''', currently housing [[Jemison Flats]], is a 7-story edifice on the southwest corner of [[1st Avenue North]] and [[19th Street North|19th Street]]. It was designed by architect [[William Leslie Welton]] and constructed in [[1909]] on the former site of the [[Chalifoux Building]].
The '''Lincoln Life Building''', also called the '''Chamber of Commerce Building''' or the '''Stallings Building''', and currently housing [[Jemison Flats]], is a 7-story commercial building on [[Block 108B]], on the southwest corner of [[1st Avenue North]] and [[19th Street North|19th Street]].


It originally housed the Birmingham offices of the [[Lincoln Life Insurance Company]], but was soon taken over by the [[Birmingham Chamber of Commerce]].
The building was designed by architect [[William Leslie Welton]] and constructed in [[1909]] on the former site of the [[Chalifoux Building]].
 
It originally housed the [[Birmingham Chamber of Commerce]], but by the 1920s had been renamed as the Birmingham offices of the [[Lincoln Reserve Life Insurance Company]]. In [[1924]] architects [[J. C. Halstead]] and [[George Gehred]] were commissioned to design an expansion of the building. The possibility of increasing its height to 10–12 stories was considered, but not carried out.
 
In the 1960s the building was known as the Stallings Building for Lincoln Life president [[J. F. Stallings]].


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* [[Metcalf Realty Co.]] (1929)
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* [[Hand Knitting Shop]] (1937)
* [[Hand Knitting Shop]] (1937)
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* 1827: former location of [[Home Seekers Realty Co.]] (1926), [[McKinstry's Flowers]] (1940), [[National Finance & Discount Co.]] (1964)
* 1827: former location of [[Home Seekers Realty Co.]] (1926), [[McKinstry's Flowers]] (1940), [[National Finance & Discount Co.]] (1964)
* 1829: former location of [[P. C. Couch]] (1926), [[Lincoln Life Barber Shop]] (1929)
* 1829: former location of [[P. C. Couch]] (1926), [[Lincoln Life Barber Shop]] (1929)
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==References==
==References==
* "[http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/digital/collection/p4017coll8/id/32697 Lincoln Life Building to be Enlarged]" (May 25, 1924) ''The Dixie Manufacturer'', Vol. 54, No. 10, p. 18
* A quote from the October, 1929 issue of the "Comptometer News" newsletter (pg 23) [Published by Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Co., Chicago, U.S.A.] : "''On August 20th the '''Birmingham Comptometer School and Office''' moved into new quarters at 618 Lincoln Life Building.''"
* A quote from the October, 1929 issue of the "Comptometer News" newsletter (pg 23) [Published by Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Co., Chicago, U.S.A.] : "''On August 20th the '''Birmingham Comptometer School and Office''' moved into new quarters at 618 Lincoln Life Building.''"


Revision as of 11:30, 25 June 2020

Postcard view of the Lincoln Life Building

The Lincoln Life Building, also called the Chamber of Commerce Building or the Stallings Building, and currently housing Jemison Flats, is a 7-story commercial building on Block 108B, on the southwest corner of 1st Avenue North and 19th Street.

The building was designed by architect William Leslie Welton and constructed in 1909 on the former site of the Chalifoux Building.

It originally housed the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce, but by the 1920s had been renamed as the Birmingham offices of the Lincoln Reserve Life Insurance Company. In 1924 architects J. C. Halstead and George Gehred were commissioned to design an expansion of the building. The possibility of increasing its height to 10–12 stories was considered, but not carried out.

In the 1960s the building was known as the Stallings Building for Lincoln Life president J. F. Stallings.

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References

  • "Lincoln Life Building to be Enlarged" (May 25, 1924) The Dixie Manufacturer, Vol. 54, No. 10, p. 18
  • A quote from the October, 1929 issue of the "Comptometer News" newsletter (pg 23) [Published by Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Co., Chicago, U.S.A.] : "On August 20th the Birmingham Comptometer School and Office moved into new quarters at 618 Lincoln Life Building."
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