Warren, Knight & Davis

Warren, Knight & Davis was a leading architecture firm in Birmingham from the 1920s through the 1950s.

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 addition to their numerous projects in Birmingham, the firm designed institutional and commercial buildings in Montgomery, Tuscaloosa and Florida.

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