Potter Building

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

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)
- 1913: former location of insurance agent (1891), D. & A. Rich (1904)
- 1915-1917: former location of M. Weil & Bro. (1886-1918)

1–8: Western Union Telegraph Co. traffic department (1940)
- 1–2: Carson Pirie Scott & Co. (1926)
4: Western Union Telegraph Co. service department (1926)
9: Walter Carter / R. H. Elliott / A. R. Wilson (1926)
10-12: Paul Rothpletz bookbinder (1925-1940)
11–14: Western Union Telegraph Co. traffic department (1940)
- 11: W. T. Cox Jr / E. H. Newsome (1926)
- 14: Western Union Telegraph Co. (1926)
15: R. C. Stein (1926)
16: Osce Robert's Stamp & Printing Co. (1926–1940)
28: Armstrong-Smith Co. (1926)
3rd floor:
- Birmingham Business College (1888-1902), Wheeler Business College (1902-1940)
- David Hancock (1926)
- YMCA (1891)
- armory (1891)