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[[Image:Farley Building postcard.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Early postcard view of the Farley Building]]
[[Image:Farley Building postcard.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Early postcard view of the Farley Building]]
The '''Farley Building''' is a 126-foot-tall, 9 story building in [[Downtown Birmingham]] located on the southwest corner of [[3rd Avenue North|3rd Avenue]] and [[20th Street North]].
The '''Farley Building''' is a 126-foot-tall, 9-story building in [[Downtown Birmingham]] located on the northeast corner of [[Block 86]], which is the southwest corner of the intersection of [[3rd Avenue North|3rd Avenue]] and [[20th Street North]].


Built in [[1909]], the building was the fourth steel-frame "skyscraper" erected in Birmingham. It was financed by [[John Farley|John G. Farley]], a merchant from Benton in Lowndes County.  Architects [[Miller, Martin & Lewis Architects|Miller, Martin & Lewis]] created a graceful composition of dark red brick arches and light-colored spandrels, less severe than the tall buildings that preceded it.  
[[John Farley|John G. Farley]], a merchant from Benton in Lowndes County, purchased the site, the former offices of the [[American Grain Co.]], from its founder and president [[Sidney Norwood]].
 
Built in [[1909]] as an 8-story building, it was the fourth steel-frame "skyscraper" erected in Birmingham. Architects [[Miller, Martin & Lewis Architects|Miller, Martin & Lewis]] created a graceful composition of dark red brick arches and light-colored spandrels, less severe than the tall buildings that preceded it.  


The building's projecting cornice was removed when the 9th story was added.
The building's projecting cornice was removed when the 9th story was added.
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* 7th floor
* 7th floor
** 700-705: [[Sparrow Advertising Agency]] (1929–1964)
** 700-705: [[Sparrow Advertising Agency]] (1929–1964)
*** 700: [[N. C. Glass]] / [[E. T. Glass]] / [[H. E. Mitchell]] (1913), [[R. T. Ashworth]] physician (1922)
*** 700: [[Edward Glass]] physician & [[Clinton Glass]] dentist (1911–1913) / [[H. E. Mitchell]] (1913), [[R. T. Ashworth]] physician (1922)
*** 701: Glass physician (1909)
*** 701: Glass physician (1909)
**** 702: [[Gaston & Pettus]] (1909), [[American Concrete Steel Rail Road Tie Co.]] (1913), [[W. F. Spencer]] / [[C. L. Brewer]] attorneys (1922)
**** 702: [[Gaston & Pettus]] (1909), [[American Concrete Steel Rail Road Tie Co.]] (1913), [[W. F. Spencer]] / [[C. L. Brewer]] attorneys (1922)

Latest revision as of 12:17, 16 January 2024

Early postcard view of the Farley Building

The Farley Building is a 126-foot-tall, 9-story building in Downtown Birmingham located on the northeast corner of Block 86, which is the southwest corner of the intersection of 3rd Avenue and 20th Street North.

John G. Farley, a merchant from Benton in Lowndes County, purchased the site, the former offices of the American Grain Co., from its founder and president Sidney Norwood.

Built in 1909 as an 8-story building, it was the fourth steel-frame "skyscraper" erected in Birmingham. Architects Miller, Martin & Lewis created a graceful composition of dark red brick arches and light-colored spandrels, less severe than the tall buildings that preceded it.

The building's projecting cornice was removed when the 9th story was added.

Tenants

Ground floor

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