Lawrence Whitten & Son
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Lawrence Whitten & Son was an architecture firm with offices on the 15th floor of the Bank for Savings Building. It was founded by Lawrence Whitten in 1950, and soon added his son, James. The partnership was is best known for its modernist designs, including the 18-story Bank for Savings Building in downtown Birmingham.
Lawrence Whitten died in 1968. His son continued the practice for a few years afterward.
Notable buildings
- Christ Episcopal Church chapel and parish hall, Tuscaloosa, 1952
- Princeton Baptist Medical Center West End Unit, 1952
- Downtown Club in the Essex House, 1954
- Central Park Shopping Center, Bessemer Super Highway, 1956
- Levite Jewish Community Center, Montclair Road, 1957
- First Christian Church, 21st Street North, 1957
- Pizitz of Tuscaloosa store renovations, 1960
- Birmingham Federal Savings & Loan Vestavia Hills, 1962
- Bank for Savings Building, 1964
- Sigma Nu fraternity house, Tuscaloosa, 1964
- Parisian Vestavia Hills, 1965
- Princeton Baptist Medical Center, new hospital building, 1966
- Princeton Baptist Medical Center, professional building
- Mary Burke Hall
- Martha Parham Hall
- Tutwiler Hall, 1968
- 6th Avenue Baptist Church, 1970