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[[Image:Southern Club 1907.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Exterior of the Southern Club]] | [[Image:Southern Club 1907.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Exterior of the Southern Club]] | ||
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The '''Southern Club''' was a private club located on the corner of [[20th Street North|20th Street]] and [[5th Avenue North]]. It was founded by a group that included [[Frank Ellis]], [[Solon Jacobs]] and [[Thomas Thompson]]. | The '''Southern Club''', originally the '''Komus Club''', was a private gentlemen's club located on the corner of [[20th Street North|20th Street]] and [[5th Avenue North]]. It was founded in [[1886]] by a group that included [[Frank Ellis]], [[Solon Jacobs]] and [[Thomas Thompson]]. | ||
In [[1892]] the club changed its name to the Southern Club and constructed a gracious three-story house near the [[Birmingham Athletic Club]] and the [[Birmingham YMCA|Young Men's Christian Association]]. The building was designed by [[Charles Wheelock|Charles]] and [[Harry Wheelock]] and featured a broad verandah and a tile roof. | |||
The clubhouse was the scene of the founding of [[Civitan International]] on [[April 15]], [[1920]] and also of a formal dance where [[Hugo Black]] met his bride, [[Josephine Black|Josephine Foster]]. In [[1924]] the club hosted the [[Birmingham Art Club]]'s public exhibition of paintings by George Elmer Browne. | The clubhouse was the scene of the founding of [[Civitan International]] on [[April 15]], [[1920]] and also of a formal dance where [[Hugo Black]] met his bride, [[Josephine Black|Josephine Foster]]. In [[1924]] the club hosted the [[Birmingham Art Club]]'s public exhibition of paintings by George Elmer Browne. | ||
Revision as of 18:38, 14 September 2014
The Southern Club, originally the Komus Club, was a private gentlemen's club located on the corner of 20th Street and 5th Avenue North. It was founded in 1886 by a group that included Frank Ellis, Solon Jacobs and Thomas Thompson.
In 1892 the club changed its name to the Southern Club and constructed a gracious three-story house near the Birmingham Athletic Club and the Young Men's Christian Association. The building was designed by Charles and Harry Wheelock and featured a broad verandah and a tile roof.
The clubhouse was the scene of the founding of Civitan International on April 15, 1920 and also of a formal dance where Hugo Black met his bride, Josephine Foster. In 1924 the club hosted the Birmingham Art Club's public exhibition of paintings by George Elmer Browne.
The club dissolved in the wake of the 1929 stock market crash and closed for good in 1931. After that the building housed various government offices and was expanded with a fourth floor of offices under a new flat roof.
From 1943 to 1967 the building housed the Birmingham Red Cross.
It was demolished in 1967 to make way for the AmSouth-Sonat Tower.
Presidents
- William Leedy, 1907
- William Kettig
- Daniel Dimick, 1919
References
- Benners, T. H., Jr (July 1966) "Birmingham's Southern Club," Alabama Review. No. 19, pp. 233-37