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The Potter Building was an office and retail building located at 1909-1917 1st Avenue North in downtown Birmingham.

The building housed the Wheeler Business College when it was established in 1888 and the Birmingham Athletic Club when it was founded a year later. In 1913 A. W. B. Johnson. opened the first Britling Cafeteria on the ground floor. That restaurant remained open until 1964.

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 ==Tenants==
-* [[William Nevins]], wholesale agent, 1888-
+* 1-2: [[Caron Pirie Scott & Co.]] (1926)
-* [[Birmingham Business College]]/[[Wheeler Business College]], 1888-
+* 4: [[Western Union]] Telegraph Co. service department (1926)
-* [[Birmingham Athletic Club]], 1889-1892
+* 9: [[Walter Carter]]/[[R. H. Elliott]]/[[A. R. Wilson]] (1926)
-* [[Southern Iron Committee]], 1900
+* 10-12: [[Paul Rothpletz]] bookbinder (1925-1926)
-* [[Percy & Grubb]] attorneys, 1902
+* 11: [[W. T. Cox Jr]]/[[E. H. Newsome]] (1926)
-* [[H. R. Alexander]], woodworking plant owner, 1907
+* 14: [[Western Union]] Telegraph Co. (1926)
-* [[Home Furniture Pattern Co.]], 1910
+* 15: [[R. C. Stein]] (1926)
-* [[Britling Cafeteria No. 1]], 1913-1964
+* 28: [[Armstrong-Smith Co.]] (1926)
-* [[Paul Rothpletz]], bookbinder, 1925
+* 3rd floor: [[Birmingham Business College]] (1888-1902), [[Wheeler Business College]] (1902-1926), [[David Hancock]] (1926)
-* [[Artists Recording Company]], 1956-1960s
+* [[William Nevins]], wholesale agent (1888)
+* [[Birmingham Athletic Club]] (1889-1892)
+* [[Southern Iron Committee]] (1900)
+* [[Percy & Grubb]] attorneys (1902)
+* [[H. R. Alexander]], woodworking plant owner (1907)
+* [[Home Furniture Pattern Co.]] (1910)
+* [[Britling Cafeteria No. 1]] (1913-1964)
+* [[Artists Recording Company]] (1956-1960s)
 [[Category:Demolished buildings]]
 [[Category:1st Avenue North]]