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'''Warren, Knight & Davis''' was a leading architecture firm in [[Birmingham]] | '''Warren, Knight & Davis''' was a leading architecture firm in [[Birmingham]]. | ||
[[William Warren]] opened his practice in [[1917]] with [[Eugene Knight]]. [[John Davis]] became a partner in the firm in [[1921]]. Other architects who worked with the firm have included [[Sigmund Nesselroth]] and [[George Turner]]. | [[William Warren]] opened his practice in [[1917]] with [[Eugene Knight]]. [[John Davis]] became a partner in the firm in [[1921]]. Other architects who worked with the firm have included [[Sigmund Nesselroth]] and [[George Turner]]. | ||
In | In the 1920s the firm kept offices on the 16th floor of the [[Empire Building]]. | ||
In addition to their numerous projects in Birmingham, the firm designed institutional and commercial buildings in Montgomery, [[Tuscaloosa]] and Florida. The firm's close ties to Governor [[Bibb Graves]] and to [[Auburn University]] helped it win as many as 30 commission's on Auburn's campus before [[1950]]. | |||
==Notable projects== | ==Notable projects== | ||
Revision as of 10:30, 27 July 2015
Warren, Knight & Davis was a leading architecture firm in Birmingham.
William Warren opened his practice in 1917 with Eugene Knight. John Davis became a partner in the firm in 1921. Other architects who worked with the firm have included Sigmund Nesselroth and George Turner.
In the 1920s the firm kept offices on the 16th floor of the Empire Building.
In addition to their numerous projects in Birmingham, the firm designed institutional and commercial buildings in Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Florida. The firm's close ties to Governor Bibb Graves and to Auburn University helped it win as many as 30 commission's on Auburn's campus before 1950.
Notable projects
- Birmingham News building, 1917 (demolished 2007)
- North Birmingham Elementary School, 1923
- Federal Reserve building, 1924
- Alabama Power Building, 1925
- Liberty National Building, 1925
- Singer Building facade, 1920s
- Southern Life & Health Insurance building, Highland Avenue, 1920s
- Donnachaidh residence, 1926
- Gus Mayer showroom, 1926
- Pratt Elementary School additions, 1926
- Independent Presbyterian Church
- Norwood School
- Jemison Building, 1925
- Birmingham Fire Station No. 3, 1927 (demolished 1992)
- Country Club of Birmingham clubhouse, 1927
- Watts Building, 1927
- Parisian building, 1928
- Protective Life Building, 1928
- Trinity United Methodist Church (Edgewood), 1928
- Ramsay High School, 1930
- Theodore Swann residence, 1930
- West End High School, 1930
- Hood Building, renovation for Blach's, 1935
- Vulcan Park, 1939
- Seventeenth Avenue School, 1941
- Southtown Court, 1941
- Family Reserve Insurance building, 1946
- Guaranty Savings and Loan, 1948
- The Club, 1951
- Southern Life & Health Insurance building, 7th Avenue South, 1954
- Oscar Wells Memorial Building, 1959
- Clark Building remodeling, 1962
- Downtown Club, 1966
- Phillips High School renovations, 1967
- AT&T City Center, associated firm, 1971
- Garvin Building, 1987
References
- Schnorrenberg, John M. (1999) Remembered Past, Discovered Future: The Alabama Architecture of Warren Knight & Davis, 1906-1961. Birmingham: Birmingham Museum of Art. ISBN 0931394430