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* Room 14: [[Laura E. Burton]] and [[Irene Bullard]], physicians (1906) | * Room 14: [[Laura E. Burton]] and [[Irene Bullard]], physicians (1906) | ||
* Room 15: [[J. B. Carr & Co.]] architects (1904), [[Breeding & Whilldin]] architects (1905), [[H. D. Breeding]] (1925) | * Room 15: [[J. B. Carr & Co.]] architects (1904), [[Breeding & Whilldin]] architects (1905), [[H. D. Breeding]] (1925) | ||
* Room 24: [[D'Agostino School of Music]] (1925) | * Room 24: [[Lucile Douglas]] artist (1904), [[D'Agostino School of Music]] (1925) | ||
* Room 26: [[T. M. Thomason]], violin teacher (1925) | * Room 25: [[A. C. Tarrant]] artist (1904) | ||
* Room 28: [[Pearl Stewart]], violin teacher (1925) | * Room 26: [[C. W. Morgan]] artist (1904), [[T. M. Thomason]], violin teacher (1925) | ||
* Room 28: [[Alice Rumph]] artist (1904)[[Pearl Stewart]], violin teacher (1925) | |||
* Room 29: [[E. K. Smith]] artist (1904) | |||
* Room 30-31: Mrs [[M. E. Raulston]] artist (1904) | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 13:10, 9 March 2019
The first Watts Building was a richly ornamented four-story Second-Empire style commercial building on the northwest corner of 3rd Avenue North and 20th Street in downtown Birmingham. It was constructed for Thomas Watts III by Charles M. Allen and Son in 1888. The building was designed by Charles Wheelock of Wheelock & Wheelock in the Second Empire style, with a rusticated base, grouped windows with brick arches on the second and third floors, and a deep cornice with a mansard roof above.
In 1927 Watts hired Allen & Son to demolish the 39-year-old building to make room for a new 17-story tower on the same site.
Tenants
Early tenants in the Watts building included architect J. W. McClain and the Eubank Brothers' dental parlor. In 1905 chemist Jefferson J. Peek opened his Peek Beverage Company in the Watts Building.
Among the law firms with offices in the Watts Building were Heflin & Bulger; James Little; L. C. Dickey and J. F. Gillespie; and Brooks & Brooks.
- Room 1: Smith & Norton real estate (1909)
- Room 10: J. J. McDavid, real estate law (1888)
- Room 14: Laura E. Burton and Irene Bullard, physicians (1906)
- Room 15: J. B. Carr & Co. architects (1904), Breeding & Whilldin architects (1905), H. D. Breeding (1925)
- Room 24: Lucile Douglas artist (1904), D'Agostino School of Music (1925)
- Room 25: A. C. Tarrant artist (1904)
- Room 26: C. W. Morgan artist (1904), T. M. Thomason, violin teacher (1925)
- Room 28: Alice Rumph artist (1904)Pearl Stewart, violin teacher (1925)
- Room 29: E. K. Smith artist (1904)
- Room 30-31: Mrs M. E. Raulston artist (1904)
References
- North Alabama (Illustrated) (1888) Birmingham: Southern Commercial Publishing Co.
- "Doctor Kills Wife and Self; Dentist Shot." (April 10, 1906) "Birmingham Age-Herald", republished by A. J. Wright, Early Female Physicians of Alabama - accessed June 1, 2006
- Satterfield, Carolyn Green (1976) Historic Sites of Jefferson County, Alabama. Birmingham: Jefferson County Historical Commission/Gray Printing Company
- White, Marjorie Longenecker (1977) Downtown Birmingham: Architectural and Historical Walking Tour Guide. Birmingham: Birmingham Historical Society.