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The '''Potter Building''' was an office and retail building located at 1909-1917 [[1st Avenue North (downtown)|1st Avenue North]] in [[downtown Birmingham]].  
The '''Potter Building''' was an office and retail building located at 1909-1917 [[1st Avenue North (downtown)|1st Avenue North]] in [[downtown Birmingham]]. It was built in the 1880s.


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]].
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]].


==Tenants==
==Tenants==
* Ground floor: [[Britling Cafeteria No. 1]] (1913-1964)
* 1-2: [[Carson Pirie Scott & Co.]] (1926)
* 1-2: [[Carson Pirie Scott & Co.]] (1926)
* 4: [[Western Union]] Telegraph Co. service department (1926)
* 4: [[Western Union]] Telegraph Co. service department (1926)
* 9: [[Walter Carter]]/[[R. H. Elliott]]/[[A. R. Wilson]] (1926)
* 9: [[Walter Carter]] / [[R. H. Elliott]] / [[A. R. Wilson]] (1926)
* 10-12: [[Paul Rothpletz]] bookbinder (1925-1926)
* 10-12: [[Paul Rothpletz]] bookbinder (1925-1926)
* 11: [[W. T. Cox Jr]]/[[E. H. Newsome]] (1926)
* 11: [[W. T. Cox Jr]] / [[E. H. Newsome]] (1926)
* 14: [[Western Union]] Telegraph Co. (1926)
* 14: [[Western Union]] Telegraph Co. (1926)
* 15: [[R. C. Stein]] (1926)
* 15: [[R. C. Stein]] (1926)
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* 3rd floor: [[Birmingham Business College]] (1888-1902), [[Wheeler Business College]] (1902-1926), [[David Hancock]] (1926)
* 3rd floor: [[Birmingham Business College]] (1888-1902), [[Wheeler Business College]] (1902-1926), [[David Hancock]] (1926)


* [[M. Weil & Bro.]], 1886-1918
* [[Alabama Car Service Association]] (1896)
* [[H. R. Alexander]], woodworking plant owner (1907)
* [[American Coal & Coke Co.]] (1896)
* [[Artists Recording Company]] (1956-1960s)
* [[Benners & Benners]] (1896)
* [[Birmingham Athletic Club]] (1889-1892)
* [[Birmingham Underwriters Agency]] (1896)
* [[Carmichael & Thach]] (1896)
* [[Frank Demere]] (1896)
* [[N. B. Feagin]] (1896)
* [[W. H. Graves]] (1896)
* [[W. I. Grubb]] attorney (1896)
* [[Home Furniture Pattern Co.]] (1910)
* [[E. T. Hucheson]] (1896)
* [[John M. Martin]] (1896)
* [[Samuel Mullen]] (1896)
* [[William Nevins]], wholesale agent (1888)
* [[William Nevins]], wholesale agent (1888)
* [[Birmingham Athletic Club]] (1889-1892)
* [[Walker Percy]] attorney (1896)
* [[Southern Iron Committee]] (1900)
* [[Percy & Grubb]] attorneys (1902)
* [[Percy & Grubb]] attorneys (1902)
* [[H. R. Alexander]], woodworking plant owner (1907)
* [[Z. T. Rudolph]] (1896)
* [[Home Furniture Pattern Co.]] (1910)
* [[Southern Iron Commission]] (1896-1900)
* [[Britling Cafeteria No. 1]] (1913-1964)
* [[Southern Mutual Fire Insurance Co.]] (1896)
* [[Artists Recording Company]] (1956-1960s)
* [[M. Weil & Bro.]] (1886-1918)
* [[J. W. Worthington & Co.]] (1896)


[[Category:Demolished buildings]]
[[Category:Demolished buildings]]
[[Category:1st Avenue North]]
[[Category:1st Avenue North]]

Revision as of 13:11, 11 May 2019

The Potter Building was an office and retail building located at 1909-1917 1st Avenue North in downtown Birmingham. It was built in the 1880s.

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.

Tenants

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