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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 1909–1919 [[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==
* 1-2: [[Caron Pirie Scott & Co.]] (1926)
===Ground floor===
* 1911: former location of [[A. C. Reckling]] harness maker / [[H. Scholze]] photographer (1887), clothier (1891), [[L. Rogan & Co.]] (1896), [[Klotz & Goldman]] (1904), [[Marc Linx Men's Clothing]], [[Marc Linx]] tailoring (1926–1964)
* 1913-1917: former location of [[Britling Cafeteria No. 1]] (1913–1964)
* 1915-1917: former location of [[M. Weil & Bro.]] (1886–1918)
* 1919: [[Western Union Telegraph Co.]] office (1891–1940)
 
===Rooms===
* 1–8: [[Western Union Telegraph Co.]] traffic department (1940)
** 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 (1925-1940)
* 11: [[W. T. Cox Jr]]/[[E. H. Newsome]] (1926)
* 11–14: [[Western Union Telegraph Co.]] traffic department (1940)
* 14: [[Western Union]] Telegraph Co. (1926)
** 11: [[W. T. Cox Jr]] / [[E. H. Newsome]] (1926)
** 14: [[Western Union]] Telegraph Co. (1926)
* 15: [[R. C. Stein]] (1926)
* 15: [[R. C. Stein]] (1926)
* 16: [[Osce Robert's Stamp & Printing Co.]] (1926–1940)
* 20: [[Paul Rothpletz]] bookbinder (1913)
* 28: [[Armstrong-Smith Co.]] (1926)
* 28: [[Armstrong-Smith Co.]] (1926)
* 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]] (1902-1940)
** [[David Hancock]] (1926)
** [[YMCA]] (1891)
** armory (1891)


* [[Alabama Car Service Association]] (1896)
* [[Artists Recording Company]] / [[Reed Records]] (1956-1960s)
* [[H. R. Alexander]], woodworking plant owner (1907)
* [[American Coal & Coke Co.]] (1896)
* [[Benners & Benners]] (1896)
* [[Birmingham Athletic Club]] (1889-1892)
* [[Birmingham Underwriters Agency]] (1896)
* [[Carmichael & Thach]] (1896)
* [[Frank Demere]] (1896)
* [[Robert Dickerson]] portrait studio (1954-)
* [[DuBois & Webb]] (1893)
* [[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)
* [[John Walker Percy]] attorney (1896)
* [[Southern Iron Committee]] (1900)
* [[D. & A. Rich]] (1904)
* [[Percy & Grubb]] attorneys (1902)
* [[Percy & Grubb]] attorneys (1902)
* [[H. R. Alexander]], woodworking plant owner (1907)
* [[Zebulon Rudolph]] attorney (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)
* [[J. W. Worthington & Co.]] (1896)
 


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

Latest revision as of 09:02, 28 March 2021

The Potter Building was an office and retail building located at 1909–1919 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

Ground floor

Rooms

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