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[[Image:Roden Block 1890s.jpg|right|thumb|450px|The Roden Block in the 1890s]]
[[Image:Roden Block 1890s.jpg|right|thumb|450px|The Roden Block in the 1890s]]
[[Image:Paramount Candies.jpg|right|thumb|450px|Paramount Candies and Parisian in the Roden Block in a 1941 ''Birmingham News'' photo]]
[[Image:Paramount Candies.jpg|right|thumb|450px|Paramount Candies and Parisian in the Roden Block in a 1941 ''Birmingham News'' photo]]
The '''Roden Block''' or '''Roden's Block''', also called the '''Roden Building''' or, now, the '''Ingram Building''' is a commercial structure developed by [[Benjamin Roden]] before [[1884]] at the northwest corner of [[2nd Avenue North]] and [[20th Street North]].
The '''Roden Block''' or '''Roden's Block''', also called the '''Roden Building''' or, now, the '''Ingram Building''', is a commercial structure developed by [[Benjamin Roden]] before [[1885]] on the southeast corner of [[Block 86]], northwest of the intersection of [[2nd Avenue North]] and [[20th Street North|20th Street]].


The richly-ornamented three-story commercial block with its heavy cornice and corner pediments was designed by architect [[Charles Wheelock]].  The building was constructed of pressed-brick with stone trim. The 2nd Avenue facade was the building's apparent "front", with blank walls facing 20th Street. Roden's grocery occupied the lower floor with a corner entrance. Offices were located on the second floor and sleeping rooms on the top.
The richly-ornamented three-story commercial block with its heavy cornice and corner pediments was designed by architect [[Charles Wheelock]].  The building was constructed of pressed-brick with stone trim. The 2nd Avenue facade was the building's apparent "front", with blank walls facing 20th Street. Roden's grocery occupied the lower floor with a corner entrance. Offices were located on the second floor and sleeping rooms on the top.
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In [[1937]] the Roden Block and adjacent [[Caheen Building]] at 1924 2nd Avenue North were combined and completely renovated by [[Miller, Martin & Lewis Architects]] for [[Parisian]] stores. The cornices were removed, window openings enlarged, and a new white stone cladding was installed with simplified geometric details. Parisian's storefront was completely updated again in a [[1950]] renovation that also included excavation of a storage basement and a mezzanine-level men's store. The new entrance, clad in glass and [[Alabama marble]], featured the nation's first installation of touch-action hydraulically-operated doors, as well as backlit plexi-glass and neon signage.
In [[1937]] the Roden Block and adjacent [[Caheen Building]] at 1924 2nd Avenue North were combined and completely renovated by [[Miller, Martin & Lewis Architects]] for [[Parisian]] stores. The cornices were removed, window openings enlarged, and a new white stone cladding was installed with simplified geometric details. Parisian's storefront was completely updated again in a [[1950]] renovation that also included excavation of a storage basement and a mezzanine-level men's store. The new entrance, clad in glass and [[Alabama marble]], featured the nation's first installation of touch-action hydraulically-operated doors, as well as backlit plexi-glass and neon signage.


A [[2011]] renovation for owners [[Kent Ingram|Kent]] and [[Angie Ingram]] was designed by architect [[Jeremy Erdreich]].
A [[2011]] renovation for owners [[Kent Ingram|Kent]] and [[Angie Ingram]] was designed by architect [[Jeremy Erdreich]]. In [[2017]] the building was acquired by [[Matthew Hogan]] for $2.575 million. He sold it to [[Carter Hughes]] and [[Bret Connor]] in December [[2020]] for $2.85 million.


==Tenants==
==Tenants==
[[File:1891 Roden Block map.png|right|thumb|350px|Detail of an 1891 Sanborn map showing the Roden Block]]
* Ground floor
* Ground floor
** 200: [[United Cigar Store]] (c. 1929), [[Paramount Candies]] (1930s), [[Corner Soda]] (1940s-50s),  [[Paramount (2011)|Paramount]] yogurt shop (2011–2013), [[Paramount]] bar (2013–)
** 20th Street North
** 202: shoe store/tobacco shop (c. 1929), [[Watts Apparel Shop]] (c. 1931)
*** 200-204: [[Birmingham National Bank]] (1887-1891)
** 204: [[J. M. Watson & Co.]] real estate (1899), [[Sophia Betsch]] barber (1905), [[Bon-Ton Hatters]] (1926-1929), [[Betty Maid Dresses]], [[Zoe's Candies]] (1964), [[Subway Restaurant]]
**** 200: [[United Cigar Store]] (c. 1929), [[Paramount Candies]] (1930s), [[Corner Soda]] (1940s-50s),  [[Paramount (2011)|Paramount]] yogurt shop (2011–2013), [[Paramount]] bar (2013–)
** 206: [[Hanover Jewelry]] (c. 1929-1964)
**** 202: shoe store/tobacco shop (c. 1929), [[Watts Apparel Shop]] (c. 1931)
* [[Birmingham National Bank]] (1887-)
**** 204: [[J. M. Watson|J. M. Watson & Co.]] real estate (1899), [[Sophia Betsch]] barber (1905), [[Bon-Ton Hatters]] (1926-1929), [[Betty Maid Dresses]], [[Zoe's Candies]] (1964), [[Subway Restaurant]]
** Benjamin Roden's grocery, [[Parisian]] (1937-1989)
*** 206: jeweler (1891), [[Hanover Jewelry]] (c. 1929-1964)
* [[Butler's Shoes]]
** 2nd Avenue North
* [[Wall & Giacopazzi]] wholesale produce (1880s)
*** 1928: [[Wall & Giacopazzi]] wholesale produce (1880s), Benjamin Roden's grocery, [[Butler's Shoes]]
* Upper floors
*** 1930: [[Birmingham National Bank]] (1887-1891), [[Parisian]] (1937-1989)
* Rooms
** 1: [[John McQueen]] attorney (1899), [[Mercantile Collecting Co.]] (1905), [[Barham Edwards Loan Co.]] (1926)
** 1: [[John McQueen]] attorney (1899), [[Mercantile Collecting Co.]] (1905), [[Barham Edwards Loan Co.]] (1926)
** 1-2: [[Hickman & Hamill]] attorneys (1905)
** 1-2: [[Hickman & Hamill]] attorneys (1905)
** 2-6: [[Smith's College of Beauty Culture]] (1926)
** 2-6: [[Smith's College of Beauty Culture]] (1926)
*** 2: [[Thomson & Berry]], real estate & insurance brokers (1884–), [[Avondale Stove & Foundry Co.]] (1887), [[E. N. Hammill]] / [[M. H. VanDiver]] attorneys (1899)
*** 2: [[Thomson & Berry]], real estate & insurance brokers (1885–), [[Avondale Stove & Foundry Co.]] (1887), [[E. N. Hammill]] / [[M. H. VanDiver]] attorneys (1899)
*** 6: [[S. L. Weaver]] attorney / [[C. R. Leonard]] collector (1899), [[N. E. Russell]] (1905)
*** 6: [[S. L. Weaver]] attorney / [[C. R. Leonard]] collector (1899), [[N. E. Russell]] (1905)
** 3: [[Ivey Lewis]] attorney (1899-1905), [[W. F. Dickinson]] (1905)
** 3: [[Ivey Lewis]] attorney (1899-1905), [[W. F. Dickinson]] (1905)
** 5: [[R. A. McAdory]] (1899), [[J. A. Mitchell]] attorney (1899-1905) / [[F. Deedmeyer]] (1905), [[W. O. Snyder]] (1926)
** 5: [[R. A. McAdory]] (1899), [[J. A. Mitchell]] attorney (1899–1905) / [[F. Deedmeyer]] (1905), [[W. O. Snyder]] (1926)
** 7: [[G. P. Moore]] / [[C. W. Hickman]] attorneys (1899), [[Avondale Land Co.]] (1905), [[R. Bethea & Co.]]/[[Birmingham Musicians Protective Association]] (1926)
** 7: [[G. P. Moore]] / [[C. W. Hickman]] attorneys (1899), [[Avondale Land Co.]] (1905), [[R. Bethea & Co.]] / [[Birmingham Musicians Protective Association]] (1926)
** 9: [[Central Coal Co.]] (1905)
** 9: [[Central Coal Co.]] (1905)
** 10: [[R. H. Pearson]] attorney (1887-1905), [[Southland Studio]] (1926)
** 10: [[Robert Pearson|Robert H. Pearson]] attorney (1887-1905), [[Southland Studio]] (1926)
** 11: [[James Going]] real estate & insurance (1880s-1905), [[Malcolm Betha]] (1926)
** 11: [[James Going]] real estate & insurance (1880s-1905), [[Malcolm Betha]] (1926)
** 3rd floor: Moose Hall/[[John Nappi]] (1926)
** 3rd floor: Moose Hall/[[John Nappi]] (1926)
** [[M. W. Steele]], architect (1884-)
** [[M. W. Steele]], architect (1885–)
** offices of the [[Avondale Stove & Foundry Co.]] (1887–)
** offices of the [[Avondale Stove & Foundry Co.]] (1887–)
** [[Ingram Law Offices]]
** [[Ingram Law Offices]]
** [[Lane, Taliaferro & Tabor]] attorneys (1885-1887)
** [[Lane, Taliaferro & Tabor]] attorneys (1885–1887)
** [[Gregg & Weakley]] attorneys (1887)
** [[Gregg & Weakley]] attorneys (1887)
** [[Heflin & Knox]] attorneys (1887)
** [[Heflin & Knox]] attorneys (1887)
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** [[Martin & McEachin]] attorneys, claim agent for A.G.S.R.R (1887)
** [[Martin & McEachin]] attorneys, claim agent for A.G.S.R.R (1887)
** [[C. E. Rice]] real estate (1887)
** [[C. E. Rice]] real estate (1887)
** [[YMCA of Greater Birmingham|YMCA]] (1885-1926)
** [[YMCA of Greater Birmingham|YMCA]] (1885–1926)
** [[West End Land & Improvement Co.]] (1887-1897)
** [[West End Land & Improvement Co.]] (1887–1897)


==References==
==References==
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* {{Fazio-2010}}
* {{Fazio-2010}}
* Tomberlin, Michael (January 15, 2011) "Sweet dream project in downtown Birmingham remembers Paramount, Parisian's heyday." {{BN}}
* Tomberlin, Michael (January 15, 2011) "Sweet dream project in downtown Birmingham remembers Paramount, Parisian's heyday." {{BN}}
* Van der Bijl, Hanno (January 4, 2021) "Birmingham investors acquire Paramount building downtown." {{BBJ}}


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Latest revision as of 11:33, 6 January 2021

The Roden Block in the 1890s
Paramount Candies and Parisian in the Roden Block in a 1941 Birmingham News photo

The Roden Block or Roden's Block, also called the Roden Building or, now, the Ingram Building, is a commercial structure developed by Benjamin Roden before 1885 on the southeast corner of Block 86, northwest of the intersection of 2nd Avenue North and 20th Street.

The richly-ornamented three-story commercial block with its heavy cornice and corner pediments was designed by architect Charles Wheelock. The building was constructed of pressed-brick with stone trim. The 2nd Avenue facade was the building's apparent "front", with blank walls facing 20th Street. Roden's grocery occupied the lower floor with a corner entrance. Offices were located on the second floor and sleeping rooms on the top.

The Young Men's Christian Association rented a suite of rooms in the building on October 16, 1885. Birmingham National Bank replaced Roden's grocery April 1887. According to an 1887 business directory, the Birmingham Board of Aldermen held their meetings in the Roden Building.

By the autumn of 1917 the elaborate corner parapets had been removed.

In 1937 the Roden Block and adjacent Caheen Building at 1924 2nd Avenue North were combined and completely renovated by Miller, Martin & Lewis Architects for Parisian stores. The cornices were removed, window openings enlarged, and a new white stone cladding was installed with simplified geometric details. Parisian's storefront was completely updated again in a 1950 renovation that also included excavation of a storage basement and a mezzanine-level men's store. The new entrance, clad in glass and Alabama marble, featured the nation's first installation of touch-action hydraulically-operated doors, as well as backlit plexi-glass and neon signage.

A 2011 renovation for owners Kent and Angie Ingram was designed by architect Jeremy Erdreich. In 2017 the building was acquired by Matthew Hogan for $2.575 million. He sold it to Carter Hughes and Bret Connor in December 2020 for $2.85 million.

Tenants

Detail of an 1891 Sanborn map showing the Roden Block

References

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