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The '''Birmingham Realty Company building''' is a two-story Beaux-Arts styled brick and terra-cotta building located at 2118 [[1st Avenue North]] in [[downtown Birmingham]]. It was constructed in [[1905]] as offices for the [[Birmingham Realty Company]]. Architect [[William Weston]] designed the facade around a single large arch crowned by a terra-cotta sculpture of a woman's head. The interior features a large stained-glass skylight over an open atrium space with teller cages. At the rear of the 25-foot by 100-foot building is a square courtyard garden. | The '''Birmingham Realty Company building''' is a two-story Beaux-Arts styled brick and terra-cotta building located at 2118 [[1st Avenue North]] in [[downtown Birmingham]]. It was constructed in [[1905]] as offices for the [[Birmingham Realty Company]]. Architect [[William Weston]] designed the facade around a single large arch crowned by a terra-cotta sculpture of a woman's head. The interior features a large stained-glass skylight over an open atrium space with teller cages. At the rear of the 25-foot by 100-foot building is a square courtyard garden. | ||
Revision as of 12:23, 14 January 2011
The Birmingham Realty Company building is a two-story Beaux-Arts styled brick and terra-cotta building located at 2118 1st Avenue North in downtown Birmingham. It was constructed in 1905 as offices for the Birmingham Realty Company. Architect William Weston designed the facade around a single large arch crowned by a terra-cotta sculpture of a woman's head. The interior features a large stained-glass skylight over an open atrium space with teller cages. At the rear of the 25-foot by 100-foot building is a square courtyard garden.
References
- Historic American Buildings Survey (1993) "Birmingham Realty Company Building" HABS AL-980