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-'''Linn's Folly''' refers to the Finnish born [[Charles Linn]]’s construction of the three story First National Bank Building at the northeast corner of [[1st Avenue North]] and [[20th Street North]] in [[1873]] within the [[Central City]] neighborhood of the [[Northside]] community. At the time, this was the first multi-story commercial building within Birmingham.
+#REDIRECT [[National Bank of Birmingham building]]
-Due to the national economic depression within the United States in the early 1870s, the construction of this $36,000 brick edifice was widely criticized and earned the moniker of “Linn’s Folly” locally. Criticism notwithstanding, Linn would have its official public opening on December 31, 1873, as the formal [[Calico Ball]]. Over 500 people from across the state were invited and the ball was a great success and is generally regarded as the turning point leading towards Birmingham’s emergence from the depression as a formidable economic power. The [[Brown Marx Building]] is now found atop this site.
-==References==
-* Jackson, Harvey H. (2000) ''The WPA Guide to 1930s Alabama'' Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, pp. 168-169. ISBN 0817310282
-* Birmingham Area Chamber of Commerce (1976) ''Century Plus: A Bicentennial Portrait of Birmingham, Alabama 1976'' Birmingham: Oxmoor Press, p. 16.
-[[Category:Charles Linn]]
-[[Category:1873 buildings]]
-[[Category:1st Avenue North]]
-[[Category:20th Street North|101]]