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The '''Ideal Building''' is the former location of the [[Ideal Department Store]] at 111 [[19th Street North]] in [[downtown Birmingham]]. The 6-story, 26,677 square-foot building was constructed by the Aland family in [[1929]] for their fashionable store. | The '''Ideal Building''' is the former location of the [[Ideal Department Store]] at 111 [[19th Street North]] in [[downtown Birmingham]]. The 6-story, 26,677 square-foot building was constructed by the Aland family in [[1929]] for their fashionable store. | ||
Revision as of 19:19, 29 August 2012
The Ideal Building is the former location of the Ideal Department Store at 111 19th Street North in downtown Birmingham. The 6-story, 26,677 square-foot building was constructed by the Aland family in 1929 for their fashionable store.
The narrow building was designed by architect D. O. Whilldin. It is clad in white terra-cotta with thin spiral columns dividing the facade into three bays. Its lobby is clad in Italian marble and its cornice is supported by a row of corbeled arches.
The store was renamed "New Ideal" and relocated to 2nd Avenue North and 18th Street in 1942. The building later became the home of Standard Furniture. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 2, 1985. It underwent renovations in 1982 and 1986. In 1995 developer Joseph McClure converted it into a multi-tenant office building.
In the mid 2000s, Atlanta developer Jeff Notrica purchased the Ideal Building for $1.5 million. In September 2009 First Commercial Bank foreclosed on the building and auctioned it off.
References
- White, Marjorie Longenecker (1977) Downtown Birmingham: Architectural and Historical Walking Tour Guide. Birmingham: Birmingham Historical Society.
- Cooper, Lauren B. (December 11, 2009) "Foreclosed Ideal Building heads to auction block." Birmingham News
- Tomberlin, Michael (December 20, 2009) "Atlanta developer Jeff Notrica spent millions on historic downtown Birmingham buildings that sit idle -- and worse." Birmingham News