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The '''Lincoln Life Building''', later the '''Chamber of Commerce Building''', currently housing [[Jemison Flats]], is a 7-story edifice on the southwest corner of [[1st Avenue North]] and [[18th Street North|18th Street]]. It was constructed in [[1909]] on the former site of the [[Chalifoux Building]]. It originally housed the Birmingham offices of the [[Lincoln Life Insurance Company]], but was soon taken over by the [[Birmingham Chamber of Commerce]].
[[File:Chamber of Commerce Bldg postcard.jpg|right|thumb|400px|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 North|19th Street]]. The building entrance uses the address of 1827 1st Avenue North.
 
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 [[Jesse Stallings]].


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==Tenants==
==Tenants==
===Ground floor===
* [[Metcalf Realty Co.]] (1929)
* [[Hand Knitting Shop]] (1937)
* 1825: vacant (1932)
* 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), [[Doyle Russell]] barber (1932)
** 1829A: former location of [[Doyle's Super Service]] barbers (1940)
* 1831: [[Whittington Drug Co.]] (1926-1929), [[Woods Drugs]] (1932), [[Lane Drug Store]] (1940), [[Lane Rexall Drugs]] (1949)
===Rooms===
* 2nd floor:
** 201-202: [[Lincoln Life Auditorium]] (1926–1932), [[Progressive Spiritualist Church]] (1932)
** [[Birmingham Chamber of Commerce]] (1940)
** [[Alabama Merchants Association]] (1940)
** [[Beautification Board of the Birmingham Area]] (1940)
** [[Birmingham Traffic Association]] (1940)
** [[Wholesale Merchants & Manufacturers Association]] (1940)
** [[Alabama Tourists Association]] (1940)
** [[Alverson-Draughon College]] (1964)
** [[Speedwriting Institute]] (1964)
** [[Nancy Taylor Charm & Modeling Studio]] (1964)
** 203-205: [[Dunn Construction Co.]] (1926–1940), [[Birmingham Paving Co.]] (1932)
** 206–207: [[Dixie Finance Corp.]] (1932)
** 208–2011: [[The Maccabees]] (1932)
*** 208: [[Jemison Gallery]]
** 211-216: [[E. B. Norman & Co.]] (1926)
** 212–217: [[National Life & Accident Insurance Co.]] (1932)
** 218–220: [[Alex Patterson Co.]] office supplies (1932)
** 221–223: vacant (1932)
** 224–225: [[Joseph Saks]] / [[Lawrence Saks]] (1932)
** 226: [[Riverside Tailoring Co.]] (1926), [[Mac Scholder]] jeweler (1932)
* 3rd floor:
** 301-302: vacant (1932), [[American Employment Service]] (1964)
*** 301: [[G. C. Oliver]] (1926), [[Gustaf Kropp]] (1940)
*** 302: [[Atlantic Life Insurance Co.]] (1926)
** 303-307: [[Life & Casualty Insurance Co.]] (1926)
*** 303-305: [[Real Silk Hosiery Mills]] (1932), [[Vulcan Life & Accident Insurance Co.]] (1964)
*** 306-307: [[Alabama Realty Co.]] (1932–1964), [[Margaret Goodwin]] notary (1940), [[Railford Ellis Co.]] (1964)
** 308–310: [[Royal Typewriter Co.]] (1932), [[Southern Finance Co.]] (1940)
*** 308: [[Walker Realty Co.]] / [[Walker Agency Inc.]] (1964)
** 311–312: [[Southern Finance Co.]] (1932)
*** 311: [[Southern Finance Co.]] (1934), [[Alverson-Draughon College]] president's office (1964)
** 314-316: [[Bertram Fox]] physician (1926–1940)
*** 314-315: [[Southeastern Jewelers & Engravers]] (1964)
** 317: [[Raymond Davis]] (1932), [[Roy Manly]] attorney (1940), [[Durden Dental Laboratory]] (1964)
** 318–326: [[U.S. Social Security Board]] (1940)
*** 318: [[D. M. Kelley]] adjuster (1932)
*** 319–326: [[United Steel Workers of American, District 36]] (1964)
**** 319: vacant (1932)
**** 320–325: [[Birmingham Credit Men's Association]] (1932)
*** 321–325: [[Birmingham Credit Men's Association]] (1926)
*** 326: [[Women's Home Companion Reading Club]] (1926)
* 4th floor
** 401–407: [[Hospital Service Corporation of Alabama]] (1940)
*** 401: [[National Casualty Co.]] (1926), [[George Oliver]] manufacturer's agent (1932), [[Educational Acceptance Corp.]] collections (1964)
*** 402: [[Central Shoe Co.]] (1925-1932), [[Rath Packing Co.]] (1926), [[Greer, Holmquist & Chambers]] architects (1956), [[R. Alvin Taylor]] optometrist (1964)
*** 403–405: [[Rumford Co.]] manufacturers' agents (1932)
**** 403: [[Independent Life Insurance Co.]] (1926)
**** 404-405: [[C. W. Hinkle & Associates]] accountants (1964)
*** 406-407: [[Pure Silk Hosiery Mills Inc.]] (1926), vacant (1932)
** 408-412: [[American Employment Service]] (1964)
*** 408-410: [[Linde Air Products Co.]] / [[Pres-O-Lite Co.]]  (1926), [[Women's Benefit Association]] (1932)
*** 411–412: [[Alabama Brokerage Co.]] (1932–1940)
** 414–418: [[Wilmore, Hudson & Luke]] structural engineers (1964)
*** 414–415: [[W. C. McCoy]] (1926), [[Walter A. Brown]] manufacturer's agent (1932) [[Wilmore & Lassen]] structural engineers (1940)
*** 416–417: [[Charles Hinkle]] / [[Albert Stradford]] (1926), [[Monroe Calculating Machine Co.]] (1940)
**** 416: [[Albert Stradford]] / [[William Lanning]] / [[Grace Hill Cemetery]] office (1932)
**** 417: [[Charles Hinkle]] accountant / [[Southern Land Development Co.]] (1932)
*** 418: [[Walter A. Brown]] / [[A. W. Smith]] (1926)
** 418–420: [[Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Co.]] / [[Comptometer Adding & Calculating Machine Agency]] (1940)
*** 418: [[Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Co.]] adding machines (1932)
*** 419: [[J. H. Adams]] (1926), [[O'Brien Civil Service School]] (1932)
*** 420: [[Haas Tailoring Co.]] (1926), vacant (1932)
** 421-425: [[Alabama State Mine Inspectors]] (1926)
*** 421–422: [[Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.]] (1932), [[Charles Hinkle]] auditor (1940)
** 423: [[Gaskill & Lehon]] (1932), [[Building Material Exchange]] (1940), [[Birmingham Traffic Association]] (1964)
** 424–425: [[Travelers Protective Association]] insurance (1932)
* 5th floor
** 501–502: [[Jackson Halstead]] architect (1925-1932) / [[Raymond Davis]] (1926–1940)
** 503–507: [[National Life & Accident Insurance Co.]] (1932–1940)
*** 503-505: [[Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co.]] (1926), [[J. M. Keel & Associates]] surveyors (1964)
*** 506-507: [[Ira Sellers]] physician (1925-1926)
** 508–510: [[Lincoln Loan Co.]] (1932), [[Eagle Finance Co.]] loans
*** 508: [[Gulf American Land Corporation]] (1964)
** 511–514: [[Denney Beauty Salon]] (1940)
*** 511–512: vacant (1932)
*** 511: [[Alabama Manganese Corp.]]/[[Appalachian Iron Co.]]/[[Etowah Investment Co.]]/[[Raccoon Coal Co.]]/[[Southern Abstract Co.]]/[[Southern Exploit Co.]]/[[Southern Home Savings Co.]] (1926)
*** 514: [[Edward McCrossin]] physical culture / [[Electropoise Co.]] (1932), [[Roy H. Zachry]] & [[Wilbur Hart]], accountants (1964)
** 515–516: ''[[The Alabama Baptist]]'' publishers (1932–1940)
** 517–518: [[William Schaefer]] / [[Matthew Abbott]] (1940)
*** 517: [[Colgate & Co.]] (1926), [[Andrew Fewell]] chiropractor (1932)
*** 518: [[G. T. Cecil]] / [[Bordon Fuel Corp.]] / [[T. H. Wright]] / [[G. E. Brooks]] (1926)
** 518–519: [[David Underwood]] contractor (1932)
** 519-520: ''[[The Alabama Baptist]]'' publishers (1926), [[The Maccabees]] (1940)
*** 519: [[Alabama Building Material Exchange Inc.]] (1964)
*** 520: vacant (1932)
** 521–523: [[Ira Sellers]] physician (1932)
*** 521-522: [[Ira Sellers]] physician (1940), [[Key Personnel Service]] (1964)
** 523–524: [[Keystone Readers Service]] publishers (1940)
** 524–526: [[G. M. National Detective Bureau]] (1932)
*** 526: [[National Detective Bureau]] (1940)
* 6th floor
** 600–606: [[Marshall Field & Co.]] dry goods (1932)
** 601-626: [[U.S. Social Security Board]] (1940)
*** 601-606: [[Marshall Field & Co.]] / [[Nevins & Porter]] (1926)
**** 601: [[Greer Shop Training]] trade school (1964)
**** 603-607: [[Manly & Manly]] attorneys (1964)
*** 608-610: [[Windham & Hooligan]], attorneys (1925), [[Old Republic Credit Life Insurance Co.]] (1932)
**** 610: [[Nancy Taylor Charm & Modeling Studio]] overflow (1964)
*** 611–612: vacant (1932)
**** 611: [[L. E. Wilson]] physician (1926)
*** 614-616: [[Alabama State Mine Inspectors Office]] (1932), ''[[The Alabama Baptist]]'' (1949)
** 617: [[James Pittard]] manufacturer's agent (1932)
*** 618-621: [[Muscular Dystrophy Association of Alabama]] (1964)
**** 618: [[George Gehred]] architect (1925), [[Birmingham Comptometer School and Office]] (1929), [[Old Republic Credit Life Insurance Co.]] (1932)
**** 621: [[Edward Gould]], manager of the [[Southeastern Compensation Rating Bureau]] (1925), [[Stringfellow Lumber Co.]] / [[Chicago, Springfield & St Louis Railway]] (1932)
*** 623-626: [[Southern Cafeteria Co.]] (1964)
**** 624-626: [[B. C. Morgan]]/[[R. A. Moses]] (1926)
* 7th floor
** 701-708: [[Greer, Holmquist & Chambers]] architects (1964)
*** 701–703: [[Stringfellow Lumber|E. Laverne Stringfellow]] lumber (1940)
**** 701: [[Storrs Schaefer Co.]] (1926), [[Berk & Berk]] collections (1932)
*** 702–705: [[Carmelo Marino]] ladies' tailors (1932)
**** 702: [[Christian Science Reading Room]] (1926)
** 703-711: [[Alabama Highway Department]] (1926)
*** 704–706: [[General Electric Contracts Corp.]] (1940)
** 706–725: [[Lincoln Reserve Life Insurance Co.]] (1932)
*** 710: [[U.S. Army Corps of Engineers]] (1964)
*** 711–714: [[National Life & Accident Insurance Co.]] (1940)
**** 712: [[Lincoln Reserve Life Insurance Co.]] (1926)
** 714-726: [[Chamber of Commerce Cafe]] (1910)
*** 714-716: [[Standard Optical Co.]] (1964)
*** 718: [[O'Hanlon Reports]] inspection bureau (1964)
*** 717: [[Roland J. Hagood]] attorney (1964)
*** 719: [[Continental Casualty Co.]] (1964)
*** 721: [[Longview-Saginaw Lime Works]] (1940)
*** 724–725: [[Alex Patterson]] office equipment (1940)
* [[T. M. Faris]], architect
* [[T. M. Faris]], architect
* [[George Gehred]], architect
* [[George Gehred]], architect
* [[J. C. Halstead]], architect
* [[The Birmingham Magazine|Birmingham Magazine Publishing Company]]
* [[Birmingham Chamber of Commerce]]
* [[Harris Transfer Company]]
* [[Kamram Grotto]]
 
==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
* {{CD-1926}}
* 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.''"
* {{CD-1932}}
* {{CD-1940}}
* {{CD-1964}}


[[Category:Lincoln Life Building|*]]
[[Category:1909 buildings]]
[[Category:1909 buildings]]
[[Category:18th Street North]]
[[Category:Warren & Welton buildings]]
[[Category:1st Avenue North]]

Latest revision as of 17:34, 14 November 2023

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 entrance uses the address of 1827 1st Avenue North.

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 Jesse Stallings.

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Tenants

Ground floor

Rooms

References

  • "Lincoln Life Building to be Enlarged" (May 25, 1924) The Dixie Manufacturer, Vol. 54, No. 10, p. 18
  • Polk's Birmingham City Directory (1926) Birmingham: R. L. Polk & Co.
  • 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."
  • Template:CD-1932
  • Birmingham City Directory (1940) R. L. Polk & Co.
  • Polk's Birmingham (Jefferson County, Ala.) City Directory (1964) Richmond, Virginia: R. L. Polk & Co.
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