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==Tenants==
==Tenants==
* Ground floor:
===Ground floor===
** [[Birmingham Beauty Supply]] (1981-1991)
* 3rd Avenue North
** [[Karmelkorn Shop]] (1946)
** 1800: [[Lyric Theatre]] lobby entrance
** [[Lyric Hot Dogs]] (1957-2013)
** 1802: former location of [[Lyric Barber Shop]] & [[Lyric Billiard Parlor]] (1929)
** [[Birmingham Art Association]] gallery (1998)
** 1804: former location of [[Lyric Confectionery]] home-made candies (1925-1931), [[The Karmelkorn Shop]] (1941-1946), [[First City Mortgage]], [[Birmingham Art Association]]
** [[Create Birmingham]] (2013)
** 1806: former location of [[National Loan & Jewelry]] (1929-1964), [[House of Hats]] (1964), [[Birmingham Art Association]] gallery (1998), [[Place Design Studio]], [[Create Birmingham]] (2013)
*** 1806½: former location of [[Lollar's Cameras]] (1929-1941), [[Lyric Hot Dogs]] (1957-2013)
** [[Health Spot]] shoe store (1956)
** [[House of $8.50 Eyeglasses]] (1960s)
** [[House of $8.50 Eyeglasses]] (1960s)
** [[Place Design Studio]]
** [[Bardon's Seven & Nine]] (1961)
** [[Bardon's Seven & Nine]] (1961)
** [[Foot So Port Shoes]] (1961)
** [[Foot So Port Shoes]] (1961)
** [[Health Spot]] shoe store (1956)
** [[Birmingham Beauty Supply]] (1981-1991)
* Rooms
 
===Rooms===
* 2nd floor
** 201-202: [[A. H. Kessler]] chiropractor, neurocalometer and x-ray service (1925)
** 201-202: [[A. H. Kessler]] chiropractor, neurocalometer and x-ray service (1925)
** 313: [[Roberts Academy of Speech]] / [[Stacy Arline Roberts]] (1925-1956)
*** 201: [[Elizabeth Holt]] dressmaker (1941)
** 206: [[Benjamin Kirchner]] furs (1941)
** 207: [[Gerhard Mols]] tailor (1941)
** 208-209: [[Lyric Beauty Salon]] (1941)
** 210: [[Acme Button & Embroidery Co.]] (1941)
** 211-212: [[A. McDevitt]] insurance agency (1941), [[Federal Life & Casualty Co.]] (1941-1956),  [[Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Co.]] (1941-1956)
** 213-214: [[Lyric Loan Co.]] (1941-1952)
* 3rd floor
** 300-302: [[Bruno Kieswetter]] massage (1941)
** 303-304: [[Kentucky Home Mutual Life Insurance Co.]] (1941)
** 306: [[Empire Loan & Finance Co.]] (1941-1956)
** 308: [[John M. Cooper]] chiropodist (1941)
** 309-312: [[Roberts Academy of Speech]] / [[Stacy Arline Roberts]] (1925-1956)
** 310-311: [[Orrion Brooks|Orrion P. Brooks]] optometrist (1941-1967)
** 313: [[Local Loan Co.]] (1941)
** 314: [[Lillie Wood]] dressmaker (1941)
** 315-316: [[Birmingham Dental Laboratory]] (1941-1961)
* 4th floor
** 400-418: [[Lollar's Cameras|Lollar's Kodak Parlor]] (1910-1926)
** 400-418: [[Lollar's Cameras|Lollar's Kodak Parlor]] (1910-1926)
*** 400-411: [[Lollar's]] kodak finishing (1941)
*** 412: [[Ferrell & Vines Loan Co.]] (1941)
*** 413-415: [[The Praetorians]] insurance (1941)
*** 416-417: [[Southern National Insurance Co.]] (1941)
* 5th floor
** 502: [[Structural Iron Workers Local No. 92]] (1941)
** 503: [[All States Life Insurance Co.]] (1941)
** 504-505: ''[[The Weekly Call]]'' newspaper (1941)
** 506: [[David Snead]] chiropractor (1941)
** 507: [[Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Lodge No. 590]] (1941-1967)
** 508-509: [[North American Accident Insurance Co.]] (1941)
** 510-513: [[Walter Allbritton]] dentist (1941), [[Walter Allbritton Jr]] dentist (1941-1956), [[Dick Allbritton]] dentist (1952)
** 514-516: [[A. J. Hope]] chiropractor (1923)
** 514-516: [[A. J. Hope]] chiropractor (1923)
*** 514-515: [[Alabama State Federation of Labor]] (1941-1956)
** 516-519: [[Alabama Association of Credit Men]] (1941)
* 6th floor
** 600-602: [[J. C. Glover]] chiropractor (1923)
** 600-602: [[J. C. Glover]] chiropractor (1923)
*** 600: [[Cox Agency]] advertising (1941)
*** 602: [[International Products Co.]] luggage (1941)
** 603-605: [[Alabama Independent Merchants Association]] / ''[[Merchants Journal]]'' magazine / [[Grocers & Merchants Association of Jefferson County]] / [[Consumers & Taxpayers Association of Alabama]] / [[Birmingham Retail Merchants Association]] (1941)
** 606: [[Commercial Employment Bureau]] (1941)
** 607: [[Brown & Hill Corp.]] investments & loans (1941-1956)
** 608: [[Horace Weaver]] architect (1941)
** 609-610: [[Clifton Moore]] chiropractor (1941)
** 611-613: [[William Albert]] chiropractor (1941)
** 615: [[William Huckabee]] chiropodist (1941)
** 616: [[Amalgamated Association of Street & Electric Railway Employees of America Local No. 725]] (1941) / [[Amalgamated Transit Union]] (1967-1971)
** 618: [[Clarence Klenk]] music teacher (1941)
** [[Acme Dental Laboratory]] (1967-1971)
** [[Acme Dental Laboratory]] (1967-1971)
** [[Air Way Branches]] (1952)
** [[Air Way Branches]] (1952)
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** [[Alabama Labor Council]] (1967)
** [[Alabama Labor Council]] (1967)
** [[Alabama News Magazine Inc.]] (1952)
** [[Alabama News Magazine Inc.]] (1952)
** [[Alabama State Federation of Labor]] (1952-1956)
** [[Dick Albritton]] dentist (1952) / [[Walter Allbritton]] dentist (1956)
** [[Allison Jewelry]] wholesaler (1967)
** [[Allison Jewelry]] wholesaler (1967)
** [[Amalgamated Transit Union]] (1967-1971)
** [[Auto Insurance Agency]] (1961)
** [[Auto Insurance Agency]] (1961)
** [[Avalon Beauty Supply]] (1971)
** [[Avalon Beauty Supply]] (1971)
** [[Barnes Realty Co.]] (1961-1971)
** [[Barnes Realty Co.]] (1961-1971)
** [[Birmingham Dental Laboratory]] (1952-1961)
** [[Orrion Brooks]], optometrist (1952-1967)
** [[Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen]] (1956-1967)
** [[Brown Hill Corp.]] loans (1952-1956)
** [[Communications Workers of America]] (1956-1967)
** [[Communications Workers of America]] (1956-1967)
** [[Company Employers Group]] (1961-1967)
** [[Company Employers Group]] (1961-1967)
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** [[Ebony Personnel Service]] (1967-1971)
** [[Ebony Personnel Service]] (1967-1971)
** [[Charles Edwards]] chiropractor (1952-1956)
** [[Charles Edwards]] chiropractor (1952-1956)
** [[Empire Loan & Finance Co.]] (1952-1956)
** [[Encyclopedia Americana]] (1952)
** [[Encyclopedia Americana]] (1952)
** [[Federal Life & Casualty Co.]] (1952-1956)
** [[Ferguson Alterations]] / [[Lorene Ferguson]] (1961-1967)
** [[Ferguson Alterations]] / [[Lorene Ferguson]] (1961-1967)
** [[Galloway Insurance Co.]] (1952)
** [[Galloway Insurance Co.]] (1952)
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** [[Alonzo Lawley]], chiropractor (1952-1971)
** [[Alonzo Lawley]], chiropractor (1952-1971)
** [[Lincoln Income Life Insurance]] (1956-1961)
** [[Lincoln Income Life Insurance]] (1956-1961)
** [[Lyric Loan Co.]] (1952)
** [[Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Co.]] (1952-1956)
** [[Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co.]] (1952-1956)
** [[Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co.]] (1952-1956)
** [[National Bankers Life Insurance Co.]] (1952)
** [[National Bankers Life Insurance Co.]] (1952)

Revision as of 11:10, 2 September 2019

The Lyric Building in 1930
The Lyric Building under construction in 1912

The Lyric Building is a 6-story office building constructed in 1914. The Lyric Theatre occupied a major portion of the building, and it's lobby takes up the ground-floor corner entrance at 1800 3rd Avenue North on the corner of 18th Street.

The project was financed by real-estate developer Louis V. Clark, who purchased three adjoining lots and hired the Hendon Hetrack Construction Company to erect the concrete-framed structure.

The office building continued to operate after the theater closed in 1958. It was sold Birmingham Landmarks, saviors of the Alabama Theatre, for $10 in 1993. Early efforts to restore the theater, in tandem with redevelopment of the office building as an arts center, were not realized.

An extensive project to preserve and renovate the theater was completed in 2016. Some of the ground floor spaces were incorporated into the redesign to accommodate accessible restrooms and reception areas. Notably the longstanding Lyric Hot Dogs restaurant lost its lease in December 2013.

Tenants

Ground floor

Rooms

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