McAdory Building

This article is about the commercial building on 1st Avenue North. For the Bessemer pioneer homestead, see Thomas McAdory residence.

The McAdory Building is a four-story Italianate-style commercial building at 2013 1st Avenue North and 2014 Morris Avenue. It was constructed in 1888 by Chambers McAdory.

The original structure was twice the size of the present building. The western half was demolished before 1912 to make way for the American Trust and Savings Bank Building.

The McAdory Building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 14, 1979. In 1984 the city of Birmingham was awarded a $400,000 Urban Development Action Grant from the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development to assist in renovating the McAdory Building for office space.

The building has housed numerous mercantile businesses such as Wimberly & Thomas Hardware; as well as the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local 1657 in Suite 300, Maner Companies, Inc. in suite 444, and Sparrow & Lavette attorneys. In 1977 the building housed the Billiard Parlor for Guys and Dolls. It is currently the home of the Woolley Law Firm (Suite 450).

The Morris Avenue frontage is used by Morris Avenue Eye Care.