Birmingham Federal Savings & Loan

Birmingham Federal Savings & Loan Association was a Birmingham-based savings and loan founded by Curtis DeArman, Jr, Malcolm Wheeler, J. W. Griffin, Boyd Tarpley and Frederick Murray . By 1971 the bank had three locations.

1971 locations

511 20th Street South, Southside Birmingham
550 Montgomery Highway, Vestavia Hills (the "round bank", built in 1962, designed by Lawrence Whitten & Son. The structure included a drive-thru window and a conference room which could be rented for civic or business meetings. It was surrounded by a "moat", which functioned as a cooling pond for the building's air conditioning system.
9324 Parkway East, Roebuck (built 1970, also round but more traditionally styled than Vestavia)

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