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The '''Cobb Lane Bed and Breakfast''' (originally the '''Bingham residence''') is a 4,500 square-foot residence at 1309 [[19th Street South]] on [[Nabob Hill]] in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Southside]]. It was constructed in [[1898]] for a Mr Bingham, tax collector. The two-story Colonial Revival house has a hipped roof with cross gables and clipped eaves. There are two brick chimneys and a wrap-around porch with a partial hip roof. The porch is supported by paired round wood columns on brick piers with limestone caps. All around the house are undivided double-hung windows. Two windows contain leaded glass.
The '''Cobb Lane Bed & Breakfast''' is a 7-room bed and breakfast operating from the 4,537 square-foot former [[J. H. Bingham residence]] at 1309 [[19th Street South]] on "[[Nabob Hill]]" in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Southside]].  


The interior features pine flooring and plastered walls throughout. The dining room and one bedroom have wood paneling on the walls. The main rooms are divided with large pocket doors.
[[Ira Chaffin|Ira]] and [[Sheila Chaffin]] purchased the property, which had been subdivided for professional offices, in December [[2003]]. They restored the original parlours and added new bathrooms, then re-opened as a bed and breakfast in [[2005]]. Their restoration earned a Preservation Award from the [[Birmingham Historical Society]].


From [[1910]] to the 1940s it served as the residence of dentist [[Felix Tarrant]]. After that it was used as a parsonage and Sunday School for [[Highlands United Methodist Church]].
The Chaffins opened a second inn, the [[William Hassinger residence|Hassinger Daniels Mansion Bed & Breakfast]] at [[Five Points South]] in [[2010]]. Ira Chaffin died in [[2016]]. Sheila Chaffin put the Cobb Lane inn up for auction in early [[2020]] in order to focus on the other property.


In the 1950s the house was converted into a boarding house. In [[1972]] it was converted again for retail and office space, housing a ballet apparel shop and the offices of an importer-exporter, a realtor, and a tutor. Through the 1990s other tenants came and went, including massage therapists, marriage counselors and a law firm.
==References==
 
* Dobrinski, Rebecca (September 4, 2011) "Investing in the Past: Cobb Lane Bed and Breakfast" ''Magic City Post''
In December [[2003]] the home was purchased by [[Ira Chaffin|Ira]] and [[Sheila Chaffin]], who restored the original parlours and added new bathrooms. They re-opened as a bed and breakfast in [[2005]]. Their restoration earned a Preservation Award from the [[Birmingham Historical Society]].
* Roussel, Christiana (January 12, 2015) "[http://styleblueprint.com/birmingham/everyday/birmingham-hotels-history Birmingham Hotels with History]" ''Style Blueprint''
* Van der Bijl, Hanno (December 12, 2019) "Historic Five Points South B&B to go up for auction next month." {{BBJ}}


==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.cobblanebandb.com/index.html Cobb Lane Bed & Breakfast] website
* [http://www.cobblanebandb.com/index.html Cobb Lane Bed & Breakfast] website


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[[Category:1898 buildings]]
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Latest revision as of 09:18, 13 December 2019

The Cobb Lane Bed & Breakfast is a 7-room bed and breakfast operating from the 4,537 square-foot former J. H. Bingham residence at 1309 19th Street South on "Nabob Hill" in Birmingham's Southside.

Ira and Sheila Chaffin purchased the property, which had been subdivided for professional offices, in December 2003. They restored the original parlours and added new bathrooms, then re-opened as a bed and breakfast in 2005. Their restoration earned a Preservation Award from the Birmingham Historical Society.

The Chaffins opened a second inn, the Hassinger Daniels Mansion Bed & Breakfast at Five Points South in 2010. Ira Chaffin died in 2016. Sheila Chaffin put the Cobb Lane inn up for auction in early 2020 in order to focus on the other property.

References

  • Dobrinski, Rebecca (September 4, 2011) "Investing in the Past: Cobb Lane Bed and Breakfast" Magic City Post
  • Roussel, Christiana (January 12, 2015) "Birmingham Hotels with History" Style Blueprint
  • Van der Bijl, Hanno (December 12, 2019) "Historic Five Points South B&B to go up for auction next month." Birmingham Business Journal

External links

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