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The '''Lincoln Life Building''', later the '''Chamber of Commerce Building''' and '''Stallings Building''', currently housing [[Jemison Flats]], is a 7-story edifice on the southwest corner of [[1st Avenue North]] and [[19th Street North|19th Street]]. It was designed by architect [[William Leslie Welton]] and constructed in [[1909]] on the former site of the [[Chalifoux Building]]. | The '''Lincoln Life Building''', later the '''Chamber of Commerce Building''' and '''Stallings Building''', currently housing [[Jemison Flats]], is a 7-story edifice on the southwest corner of [[1st Avenue North]] and [[19th Street North|19th Street]]. It was designed by architect [[William Leslie Welton]] and constructed in [[1909]] on the former site of the [[Chalifoux Building]]. | ||
Revision as of 15:08, 26 March 2017
The Lincoln Life Building, later the Chamber of Commerce Building and Stallings Building, currently housing Jemison Flats, is a 7-story edifice on the southwest corner of 1st Avenue North and 19th Street. It was designed by architect William Leslie Welton and constructed in 1909 on the former site of the Chalifoux Building.
It originally housed the Birmingham offices of the Lincoln Life Insurance Company, but was soon taken over by the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce.
Tenants
- Ground floor:
- Lincoln Life Barber Shop (1929)
- 1831: Whittington Drug Co. (1926-1929)
- Metcalf Realty Co. (1929)
- Matthews Electric Co. (1937)
- Hand Knitting Shop (1937)
- 2nd floor:
- 201-202: Lincoln Life Auditorium (1926)
- 203-205: Dunn Construction Co. (1926)
- 211-216: E. B. Norman & Co. (1926)
- 226: Riverside Tailoring Co. (1926)
- Alverson-Draughon College (1964)
- Speedwriting Institute (1964)
- Nancy Taylor Charm & Modeling Studio (1964)
- 3rd floor:
- 301-302: American Employment Service (1964)
- 301: G. C. Oliver (1926)
- 302: Atlantic Life Insurance Co. (1926)
- 303-307: Life & Casualty Insurance Co. (1926)
- 303-305: Vulcan Life & Acccident Insurance Co. (1964)
- 306-307: Alabama Realty Co. & Railford Ellis Co. (1964)
- 308: Walker Realty Co. and Walker Agency Inc. (1964)
- 311: Alverson-Draughon College president's office (1964)
- 314-316: B. A. Fox physician (1926)
- 314-315: Southeastern Jewelers & Engravers (1964)
- 317: Durden Dental Laboratory (1964)
- 319-326: United Steel Workers of American, District 36 (1964)
- 321-325: Birmingham Credit Men's Association (1926)
- 326: Women's Home Companion Reading Club (1926)
- 301-302: American Employment Service (1964)
- 4th floor
- 401: National Casualty Co. (1926), Educational Acceptance Corp. collections (1964)
- 402: Central Shoe Co. (1925-1926), Rath Packing Co. (1926), Greer, Holmquist & Chambers architects (1956), R. Alvin Taylor optometrist (1964)
- 403: Independent Life Insurance Co. (1926)
- 404-405: C. W. Hinkle & Associates accountants (1964)
- 406-407: Pure Silk Hosiery Mills Inc. (1926)
- 408-412: American Employment Service (1964)
- 408-410: Linde Air Products Co./Pres-O-Lite Co. (1926)
- 414-418: Wilmore, Hudson & Luke structural engineers (1964)
- 414-415: W. C. McCoy (1926)
- 416-417: C. W. Hinkle/Albert Stradford (1926)
- 418: W. A. Brown/A. W. Smith (1926)
- 419: J. H. Adams (1926)
- 420: Haas Tailoring Co. (1926)
- 421-425: Alabama State Mine Inspectors (1926)
- 423: Birmingham Traffic Association (1964)
- 5th floor
- 501: R. B. Davis (1926)
- 502: J. C. Halstead architect (1925-1926)
- 503-505: Rice-Stix Dry Goods Co. (1926), J. M. Keel & Associates surveyors (1964)
- 506-507: Ira Sellers physician (1925-1926)
- 508: Gulf American Land Corporation (1964)
- 511: Alabama Manganese Corp./Appalachian Iron Co./Etowah Investment Co./Raccoon Coal Co./Southern Abstract Co./Southern Exploit Co./Southern Home Savings Co. (1926)
- 514: Roy H. Zachry & Wilbur Hart, accountants (1964)
- 517: Colgate & Co. (1926)
- 518: G. T. Cecil/Bordon Fuel Corp./T. H. Wright/G. E. Brooks (1926)
- 519-520: The Alabama Baptist (1926)
- 519: Alabama Building Material Exchange Inc. (1964)
- 521-522: Key Personnel Service (1964)
- 6th floor
- 601-606: Marshall Field & Co./Nevins & Porter (1926)
- 601: Greer Shop Training trade school (1964)
- 603-607: Manly & Manly attorneys (1964)
- 608-610: Windham & Hooligan, attorneys (1925)
- 610: Nancy Taylor Charm & Modeling Studio overflow (1964)
- 611: L. E. Wilson physician (1926)
- 618-621: Muscular Dystrophy Association of Alabama (1964)
- 618: George Gehred architect (1925), Birmingham Comptometer School and Office (1929)
- 621: Edward Gould, manager of the Southeastern Compensation Rating Bureau (1925)
- 623-626: Southern Cafeteria Co. (1964)
- 624-626: B. C. Morgan/R. A. Moses (1926)
- 601-606: Marshall Field & Co./Nevins & Porter (1926)
- 7th floor
- 701-708: Greer, Holmquist & Chambers architects (1964)
- 701: Storrs Schaefer Co. (1926)
- 702: Christian Science Reading Room (1926)
- 703-711: Alabama Highway Department (1926)
- 710: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (1964)
- 712: Lincoln Reserve Life Insurance Co. (1926)
- 714-726: Chamber of Commerce Cafe (1910)
- 714-716: Standard Optical Co. (1964)
- 718: O'Hanlon Reports inspection bureau (1964)
- 717: Roland J. Hagood attorney (1964)
- 719: Continental Casualty Co. (1964)
- 701-708: Greer, Holmquist & Chambers architects (1964)
- T. M. Faris, architect
- George Gehred, architect
- Birmingham Chamber of Commerce
- Birmingham Magazine Publishing Company
- Harris Transfer Company
- Kamram Grotto
References
- A quote from the October, 1929 issue of the "Comptometer News" newsletter (pg 23) [Published by Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Co., Chicago, U.S.A.] : "On August 20th the Birmingham Comptometer School and Office moved into new quarters at 618 Lincoln Life Building."