Lawrence Whitten & Son

Lawrence Whitten & Son was an architecture firm founded by Lawrence Whitten in 1950. In 1956 he added his older son, Lawrence Jr to the partnership. The firm was known for its modernist designs, including the 18-story Bank for Savings Building in downtown Birmingham.

Lawrence Whitten & Son originally operated from the 5th floor of the Brown-Marx Building, but moved to the 7th floor before 1962, and from there to the 15th floor of the new Bank for Savings Building after its completion. Whitten's younger son, James, joined the firm after his discharge from the U.S. Navy in 1968.

Lawrence Whitten Sr died that same year 1968. His sons continued the practice for a few years afterward. The firm's archived drawings are held in the Birmingham Architecture & Design Collection at the Birmingham Public Library archives.

Notable buildings

• Christ Episcopal Church Tuscaloosa chapel and parish hall, 1952
• Central Park Baptist Church, 1952
• Princeton Baptist Medical Center West End Unit, 1952
• State Farm Insurance building, 1954
• Downtown Club in the Essex House, 1954
• Central Park Shopping Center, Bessemer Super Highway, 1956
• First Christian Church, 21st Street North, 1957
• St Francis Xavier Catholic Church, chapel, 1957
• West End Baptist Church, 1957
• C. B. Thuss residence, 1959
• L & N Passenger Station, 1959
• Hillcrest Country Club, 1959
• Jobe-Rose Jewelry Company, renovations to 1918 3rd Avenue North, 1959
• Crestway Baptist Church, 1959
• Birmingham Federal Savings & Loan, 1960
• Exchange Security Bank, 1960
• Levite Jewish Community Center, Montclair Road, 1960
• Pizitz of Tuscaloosa store renovations, 1960
• Children's Hospital, 1961
• Pizitz Roebuck Plaza, 1961
• Republic Steel office building, 1961
• Southern Research Institute, 1961
• Birmingham Federal Savings & Loan Vestavia Hills, 1962
• Bank for Savings Building, 1964
• Sigma Nu fraternity house, Tuscaloosa, 1964
• Parisian Vestavia Hills, 1965
• Yeilding's at Vestavia Hills Mall, 1965
• Woodlawn Baptist Church, 1965
• Princeton Baptist Medical Center, new hospital building, 1966
• Princeton Baptist Medical Center, professional building
• Mary Burke Hall
• Martha Parham Hall
• Julia Tutwiler Hall, Tuscaloosa, 1968
• Daniel Building, 1970
• 6th Avenue Baptist Church, 1970

References

• 1956 American Architects Directory (December 1955) American Institute of Architects / R. R. Bowker, p. 601-602
• 1692 American Architects Directory American Institute of Architects / R. R. Bowker, p. 758
• "1970 American Architects Directory American Institute of Architects / R. R. Bowker, p. 967

External links

• Lawrence S. Whitten, Architect: Drawings, 1950-1966 at bplonline.org