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[[File:Lyric Theatre 1930.jpg|right|thumb|375px|The Lyric Building in 1930]]
[[File:Lyric Theatre 1930.jpg|right|thumb|450px|The Lyric Building in 1930]]
[[File:Lyric Theatre 1912.jpg|right|thumb|375px|The Lyric Building under construction in 1912]]
[[File:Lyric Theatre 1912.jpg|right|thumb|450px|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 North|18th Street]].
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 North|18th Street]].


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** 1800: [[Lyric Theatre]] lobby entrance
** 1800: [[Lyric Theatre]] lobby entrance
** 1802: former location of [[Lyric Barber Shop]] & [[Lyric Billiard Parlor]] (1929)
** 1802: former location of [[Lyric Barber Shop]] & [[Lyric Billiard Parlor]] (1929)
** 1804: former location of [[Lyric Confectionery]] home-made candies (1925-1931), [[The Karmelkorn Shop]] (1941-1946), [[First City Mortgage]], [[Birmingham Art Association]]
** 1804: former location of [[Lyric Confectionery]] / [[S. M. Theodos]] home-made candies (1925-1931), [[The Karmelkorn Shop]] (1941-1946), [[Tanner's Inc.]] confectionery (1953), [[House of Eight-Fifty Eye Glasses]] (1959), [[Merit Finance Co.]] (1970), [[First City Mortgage]], [[Birmingham Art Association]]
** 1806: former location of [[National Loan & Jewelry]] (1929-1964), [[House of Hats]] (1964), [[Birmingham Art Association]] gallery (1998), [[Place Design Studio]], [[Create Birmingham]] (2013)
** 1806: former location of [[National Loan & Jewelry Co.]] (1925-1964), [[House of Hats]] (1964), [[Consolidated Toy Distributors]] (1971-1976), [[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)
*** 1806½: former location of [[Lollar's Cameras]] (1929-1941), [[Lyric Hot Dogs]] (1957-2013)
** [[Health Spot]] shoe store (1956)
** [[Health Spot]] shoe store (1956)
** [[House of $8.50 Eyeglasses]] (1960s)
** [[Bardon's Seven & Nine]] (1961)
** [[Bardon's Seven & Nine]] (1961)
** [[Foot So Port Shoes]] (1961)
** [[Foot So Port Shoes]] (1961)
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===Rooms===
===Rooms===
* 2nd floor
* 2nd floor
** 201-202: [[A. H. Kessler]] chiropractor, neurocalometer and x-ray service (1925)
** 200-207: [[AirWay Branches Inc.]] vacuum cleaners (1952-1953)
*** 201: [[Elizabeth Holt]] dressmaker (1941)
*** 200: [[Barker's]] orthopedic appliances (1959)
** 206: [[Benjamin Kirchner]] furs (1941)
*** 201-202: [[A. H. Kessler]] chiropractor, neurocalometer and x-ray service (1925)
** 207: [[Gerhard Mols]] tailor (1941)
**** 201: [[Elizabeth Holt]] dressmaker (1941), [[Auto Insurance Agency]] / [[Dixie Insurance Agency]] (1959-1961)
** 208-209: [[Lyric Beauty Salon]] (1941)
*** 206: [[J. R. Roberts & Co.]] loans / [[Thomas & Gearhart Realty Co.]] (1925), [[Benjamin Kirchner]] furs (1941)
** 210: [[Acme Button & Embroidery Co.]] (1941)
*** 207: [[Gerhard Mols]] tailor (1941), [[Over Five Seven Shop]] women's clothes (1959)
** 211-212: [[A. McDevitt]] insurance agency (1941), [[Federal Life & Casualty Co.]] (1941-1956),  [[Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Co.]] (1941-1956)
** 208-210: [[McGlawn, Denton & Co.]] / [[American National Insurance Co.]] (1925), [[Lincoln Income Life Insurance Co.]] (1956-1964)
** 213-214: [[Lyric Loan Co.]] (1941-1952)
*** 208-209: [[Lyric Beauty Salon]] (1941), [[Provident Indemnity Life Insurance Co.]] (1952-1953)
*** 209: [[Railway Mail Credit Union]] (1970)
*** 210: [[Acme Button & Embroidery Co.]] (1941)
*** 211-212: [[Anthony McDevitt]] insurance agency (1925-1953), [[Federal Casualty Co.]] (1925), [[Federal Life & Casualty Co.]] (1941-1956),  [[Metropolitan Casualty Insurance Co.]] (1941-1956), [[Mitchell-Larimer Agency]] insurance (1959-1961)
** 213-214: [[Lyric Loan Co.]] (1941-1953)
*** 213: [[Eborn Realty Co.]] (1925)
* 3rd floor
* 3rd floor
** 300-302: [[Bruno Kieswetter]] massage (1941)
*** 300: [[G. M. Owen]] (1925)
** 303-304: [[Kentucky Home Mutual Life Insurance Co.]] (1941)
*** 301-302: [[Allison Jewelry Co.]] wholesale jewelers (1964-1967)
** 306: [[Empire Loan & Finance Co.]] (1941-1956)
**** 301: [[Disabled American Veterans of World War, Birmingham Chapter No. 4]] (1925),  [[Bruno Kiesewetter]] massage (1941-1959)
** 308: [[John M. Cooper]] chiropodist (1941)
** 303-306: [[Bardon's Seven & Nine Shop]] women's clothier (1959)
** 309-312: [[Roberts Academy of Speech]] / [[Stacy Arline Roberts]] (1925-1956)
*** 303-305: [[United Cement, Lime & Gypsum Workers District Council No. 5]] (1953)
** 310-311: [[Orrion Brooks|Orrion P. Brooks]] optometrist (1941-1967)
**** 303-304: [[Kentucky Home Mutual Life Insurance Co.]] (1941)
** 313: [[Local Loan Co.]] (1941)
***** 303: [[Willis Allison Inc.]] wholesale jeweler (1964)
** 314: [[Lillie Wood]] dressmaker (1941)
** 306-307: [[Galloway Insurance Agency]] (1952-1953)
** 315-316: [[Birmingham Dental Laboratory]] (1941-1961)
*** 306: [[George Biloe]] (1925), [[Empire Loan & Finance Co.]] (1941)
** 307-308: [[Finance Money Co.]] (1925)
*** 307: [[Charles E. Barker]] chiropodist (1959)
*** 308: [[John M. Cooper]] chiropodist (1941), [[Edith Davis]] podiatrist (1952-1971)
** 309-312: [[Roberts Academy of Speech]] (1941)
*** 309: [[Roberts Academy of Speech]] (1953-1956), [[Yester Ceramic Laboratory]] (1959)
*** 310-311: [[Orrion Brooks|Orrion P. Brooks]] optometrist (1941-1967)
**** 311: [[Phil Joiner]] attorney (1925)
** 312: [[E. H. Crawley]] manufacturer's agent (1925)
** 313: [[Roberts Academy of Speech]] / [[Stacy Arline Roberts]] (1925), [[Local Loan Co.]] (1941), [[Empire Loan & Finance Co.]] (1959)
** 314-316: [[Birmingham Dental Laboratory]] (1941-1961), [[Acme Dental Laboratory]] (1964-1971)
*** 314: [[E. L. Walker]] / [[F. W. Marchand]] real estate (1925), [[Lillie Wood]] dressmaker (1941)
*** 315-316: [[C. B. Powell]] / [[Ida Maxwell]] (1925)
* 4th floor
* 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)
*** 400-411: [[Lollar's]] kodak finishing (1941)
*** 412: [[Ferrell & Vines Loan Co.]] (1941)
**** 400: [[Southern National Insurance Co.]] (1953), [[Communications Workers of America Local No. 3902]] (1956-1967)
*** 413-415: [[The Praetorians]] insurance (1941)
**** 404-407: [[Southland National Insurance Co.]] (1952-1964)
***** 405: [[Cotton States Life Insurance Co.]] (1967-1971)
**** 408: [[Commercial Employees Bureau]] (1953-1959)
**** 409-410: [[Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co.]] (1952-1956), [[Charles M. Edwards]] chiropodist (1959)
***** 410: [[Ebony Personnel Service Employment Agency]] (1967-1971)
*** 412: [[Ferrell & Vines Loan Co.]] (1941), [[Vines Loan Co.]] (1952-1959)
*** 413-415: [[The Praetorians]] insurance (1941), [[Alabama State Department of Labor]] field office (1953-1959)
**** 414: [[National Association of Letter Carriers]] (1970)
*** 416-417: [[Southern National Insurance Co.]] (1941)
*** 416-417: [[Southern National Insurance Co.]] (1941)
**** 416: [[Lyric Jewelry Co.]] costume jewelry (1959), [[Sherrill Alterations]] (1970)
* 5th floor
* 5th floor
** 502: [[Structural Iron Workers Local No. 92]] (1941)
** 500-502: [[Alabama State Federation of Labor]] (1953), [[Home Reader Service Inc.]] magazine club (1959-1961)
** 503: [[All States Life Insurance Co.]] (1941)
*** 501: [[Birmingham Stenographic Bureau]] (1925)
** 504-505: ''[[The Weekly Call]]'' newspaper (1941)
*** 502: [[Monroe Calculating Machine Co.]] (1925), [[Structural Iron Workers Local No. 92]] (1941)
** 506: [[David Snead]] chiropractor (1941)
** 503-504: [[King Optical Co.]] (1952-1956)
** 507: [[Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Lodge No. 590]] (1941-1967)
*** 503: [[Bevie Paper Products Co.]] (1925), [[All States Life Insurance Co.]] (1941)
** 508-509: [[North American Accident Insurance Co.]] (1941)
*** 504-505: [[G. M. Howie]] real estate (1925), ''[[The Weekly Call]]'' newspaper (1941), [[United Cement, Lime & Gypsum Workers District Council No. 5]] (1959-1971)
** 510-513: [[Walter Allbritton]] dentist (1941), [[Walter Allbritton Jr]] dentist (1941-1956), [[Dick Allbritton]] dentist (1952)
**** 505: [[Robert E. Maxwell]] optometrist (1953)
** 506: [[Employees Loan Society]] (1925), [[David Snead]] chiropractor (1941), [[Wilbur Newberry]] optometrist (1953-1956)
** 507-508: [[National Realty Co.]] (1925)
*** 507: [[Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Lodge No. 590]] (1941-1967)
*** 508: [[Barnes Realty Co.]] (1970-1971)
** 508-509: [[North American Accident Insurance Co.]] (1941), [[Robert H. Walker]] chiropractor (1953), [[Joseph Waldner]] chiropractor (1952-1956)
*** 509: [[United Transportation Union Local 590]] (1970-1971)
** 509-510: [[H. E. McNamara]] / [[T. L. Fossick]] advertising novelties (1925)
** 510-513: [[Walter Allbritton]] dentist (1941), [[Walter Allbritton Jr]] dentist (1941-1964), [[Dick Allbritton]] dentist (1952-1953)
*** 511: [[J. W. Schick]] building contractor (1925)
*** 512: [[J. M. Keever]] / [[National Realty Co.]] (1925)
*** 513: [[Alabama Retail Food Dealers Association]] / [[B. C. Apperson]] / [[Birmingham Retail Grocers & Butchers Association]] / ''[[The Grocers Journal]]'' (1925)
** 514-516: [[A. J. Hope]] chiropractor (1923)
** 514-516: [[A. J. Hope]] chiropractor (1923)
*** 514-515: [[Alabama State Federation of Labor]] (1941-1956)
*** 514-515: [[Alabama State Federation of Labor]] (1941-1956)
**** 514: [[Morrow Brokerage Co.]] (1925), [[Kime Carbon Co.]] paper (1959)
**** 515-516: [[W. H. Wells]] chiropractor (1925)
***** 515: [[Kime Carbon Co.]] paper & ribbon manufacturers (1952-1956)
** 516-519: [[Alabama Association of Credit Men]] (1941)
** 516-519: [[Alabama Association of Credit Men]] (1941)
*** 516: [[Walter Allbritton Jr]] dentist (1953), [[Bahá'ís of Birmingham|The Spiritual Assembly of the Bahá'ís of Birmingham]] (1959-1964)
*** 517-519: [[Co-Operative National Detective Agency]] (1925)
**** 517-518: [[Charles M. Edwards]] chiropodist (1952-1956),  [[International Association of Machinists|International Association of Machinists Lodge No. 271-372-359]] (1959-1965)
* 6th floor
* 6th floor
** 600-602: [[J. C. Glover]] chiropractor (1923)
** 600-602: [[J. C. Glover]] chiropractor (1923), [[Glover & Albert]] chiropractors (1925)
*** 600: [[Cox Agency]] advertising (1941)
*** 600: [[Cox Agency]] advertising (1941), [[Empire Loan & Finance Co.]] (1952-1956)
*** 602: [[International Products Co.]] luggage (1941)
*** 602: [[International Products Co.]] luggage (1941), [[Bahá'ís of Birmingham|Bahá'ís World Faith Center]] (1953)
** 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)
** 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)
*** 603: [[General Multigraphic Co.]] (1925)
** 607: [[Brown & Hill Corp.]] investments & loans (1941-1956)
*** 604-605: [[J. R. Ezell Co.]] manufacturers' agents (1953)
** 608: [[Horace Weaver]] architect (1941)
**** 604: [[Alabama Labor Council]] (1959-1967)
** 609-610: [[Clifton Moore]] chiropractor (1941)
** 606: [[Alabama Child Welfare Department]] (1925), [[Commercial Employment Bureau]] (1941), [[National Bankers Life Insurance Agency]] (1952-1953)
** 611-613: [[William Albert]] chiropractor (1941)  
** 607: [[Sims Realty & Investment Co.]] / [[Sims Investment Co.]] (1925), [[Brown & Hill Corp.]] investments & loans (1941-1956)
** 615: [[William Huckabee]] chiropodist (1941)
** 608: [[Amalgamated Association of Street & Electric Railway Employees]] (1925), [[Horace Weaver]] architect (1941), [[Barnes Realty Co.]] (1959-1964), [[United Federation of Postal Clerks Local No. 303]] (1970)
** 616: [[Amalgamated Association of Street & Electric Railway Employees of America Local No. 725]] (1941) / [[Amalgamated Transit Union]] (1967-1971)
** 609-618: [[Colby Decorating Co.]] (1925)
** 618: [[Clarence Klenk]] music teacher (1941)
*** 609-610: [[Clifton Moore]] chiropractor (1941), [[Alabama Fire Insurance Service]] (1952-1967)
*** 611-613: [[William Albert]] chiropractor (1941)  
**** 611-612: [[Yester Ceramic Laboratory Inc.]] (1961-1964)
***** 611: [[Alma Taylor]] chiropractor (1953)
*** 614-615: [[Alonzo Lawley]] chiropractor (1952-1971)
*** 615: [[William Huckabee]] chiropodist (1941)
*** 616: [[Amalgamated Association of Street & Electric Railway Employees of America Local No. 725]] (1941-1959) / [[Amalgamated Bus Union Local No. 725]] (1964), [[Amalgamated Transit Union Local No. 725]] (1967-1971)
*** 618: [[Clarence Klenk]] music teacher (1941), [[Hanby-Nobinger & Mitchell Inc.]] real estate (1953)


** [[Acme Dental Laboratory]] (1967-1971)
* [[Alabama News Magazine Inc.]] (1952)
** [[Air Way Branches]] (1952)
* [[Avalon Beauty Supply]] (1971)
** [[Alabama Fire Insurance Service]] (1952-1967)
* [[Company Employers Group]] (1961-1967)
** [[Alabama Labor Council]] (1967)
* [[Encyclopedia Americana]] (1952)
** [[Alabama News Magazine Inc.]] (1952)
* [[Ferguson Alterations]] / [[Lorene Ferguson]] (1961-1967)
** [[Allison Jewelry]] wholesaler (1967)
* [[Greyvan Lines Inc.]] (1952)
** [[Auto Insurance Agency]] (1961)
* [[Kennesaw Life & Accident Insurance]] (1961)
** [[Avalon Beauty Supply]] (1971)
* [[Mitchell Inc.]] realty (1952)
** [[Barnes Realty Co.]] (1961-1971)
* [[Oneida Total Integrated Enterprises]] (1952-1967)
** [[Communications Workers of America]] (1956-1967)
* [[Southern Hearing Aid]] (1967)
** [[Company Employers Group]] (1961-1967)
* ''[[The Spectator]]'' newspaper (1920)
** [[Consolidated Toy Distributors]] (1971-1976)
* [[Tucker Realty Co.]] (1956)
** [[Cotton States Life Insurance]] (1967-1971)
* [[Union Bankers Insurance Co.]] (1956)
** [[Edith Davis]], podiatrist (1952-1971)
** [[Dixie Insurance Agency]] (1961)
** [[Ebony Personnel Service]] (1967-1971)
** [[Charles Edwards]] chiropractor (1952-1956)
** [[Encyclopedia Americana]] (1952)
** [[Ferguson Alterations]] / [[Lorene Ferguson]] (1961-1967)
** [[Galloway Insurance Co.]] (1952)
** [[Greyvan Lines Inc.]] (1952)
** [[Home Reader Service Inc.]] (1961)
** [[International Association of Machinists]] (1961)
** [[Kennesaw Life & Accident Insurance]] (1961)
** [[Kime Carbon Co.]] (1952-1956)
** [[King Optical Company]] (1952-1956)
** [[Mitchell Inc.]] realty (1952)
** [[Mitchell Larimer Agency]] insurance (1961)
** [[Alonzo Lawley]], chiropractor (1952-1971)
** [[Lincoln Income Life Insurance]] (1956-1961)
** [[Mutual Savings Life Insurance Co.]] (1952-1956)
** [[National Bankers Life Insurance Co.]] (1952)
** [[Wilbur Newberry]] optometrist (1956)
** [[Oneida Total Integrated Enterprises]] (1952-1967)
** [[Provident Indemnity Life Insurance Co.]] (1952)
** [[Southern Hearing Aid]] (1967)
** [[Southland National Insurance Co.]] (1952-1961)
** [[The Spectator]] newspaper (1920)
** [[Tucker Realty Co.]] (1956)
** [[Union Bankers Insurance Co.]] (1956)
** [[United Cement, Lime & Gypsum Workers District Council No. 5]] (1961-1971)
** [[United Transportation Union]] (1971)
** [[Vines Loan Co.]] (1952-1956)
** [[Joseph Waldner]] chiropractor (1952-1956)
** [[Yester Ceramic Laboratory Inc.]] (1961)


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[[Category:1914 buildings]]

Latest revision as of 13:48, 6 October 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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