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The '''Alabama Club''' was founded as the '''Shakespeare Club''' on [[April 4]], [[1884]] by then-New Orleans Mayor [[Joseph Shakespeare]], along with John T. Hardie of New Orleans, [[J. M. Lewis]] of [[Talladega]], [[Joseph Johnston]], [[James Spence]], [[Edmund Rucker]], [[Bernard Peyton]] and [[T. B. Lyons]]. Lyons was elected president of the club. | The '''Alabama Club''' was founded as the '''Shakespeare Club''' on [[April 4]], [[1884]] by then-New Orleans Mayor [[Joseph Shakespeare]], along with John T. Hardie of New Orleans, [[J. M. Lewis]] of [[Talladega]], [[Joseph Johnston]], [[James Spence]], [[Edmund Rucker]], [[Bernard Peyton]] and [[T. B. Lyons]]. Lyons was elected president of the club. | ||
The [[Elyton Land Company]] constructed a clubhouse for the group at [[Lakeview Park]], which it used in the summers. The club changed its name to the Alabama Club in July [[1886]]. In [[1887]] they commissioned a new 5-story building on the 200 block of [[21st Street North]]. | The [[Elyton Land Company]] constructed a clubhouse for the group at [[Lakeview Park]], which it used in the summers. | ||
The club changed its name to the Alabama Club in July [[1886]]. In [[1887]] they commissioned a new 5-story building on the 200 block of [[21st Street North]], designed by [[W. S. Smith & Co.]]. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
Revision as of 16:54, 19 June 2015
The Alabama Club was founded as the Shakespeare Club on April 4, 1884 by then-New Orleans Mayor Joseph Shakespeare, along with John T. Hardie of New Orleans, J. M. Lewis of Talladega, Joseph Johnston, James Spence, Edmund Rucker, Bernard Peyton and T. B. Lyons. Lyons was elected president of the club.
The Elyton Land Company constructed a clubhouse for the group at Lakeview Park, which it used in the summers.
The club changed its name to the Alabama Club in July 1886. In 1887 they commissioned a new 5-story building on the 200 block of 21st Street North, designed by W. S. Smith & Co..
References
- Dubose, John Witherspoon (1887) Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama: Historical and Biographical Birmingham: Teeple & Smith, Publishers; Caldwell Printing Works., p. 307-8