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'''2229 1st Avenue South''', also called the '''Black Diamond Building''' or the '''Magic City Casket Building''', is a two-story, 10,000 square-foot brick commercial building constructed in [[1891]]<!--or 1898--> as either a boarding house for railroad workers or as a brothel. It features a recessed corner entrance on [[23rd Street South]] supported on a single cast-iron column.
The '''Newspaper Union Building''', also called the '''Magic City Casket Building''', is a two-story, 10,000 square-foot commercial building at 2229-2231 [[1st Avenue South]], on the southwest corner of [[23rd Street South]], facing the [[1st Avenue cut]] which is now the [[Rotary Trail]]. The building, constructed in [[1891]], is the oldest surviving structure in the [[Birmingham Historic Automotive District]].


By [[1904]] it was used by the [[Magic City Casket Co.]]<!--or [[Birmingham Casket Co.]]--> and later housed the [[Child Furniture Co.]] [[Moore Co.]] and [[SoMo Galleries]] (1989-)
The brick building features arched windows on the upper floor and a pressed metal cornice supported on brick corbels. The corner entrance on [[23rd Street South]] is recessed, with the upper floor supported on a single cast-iron column.


The building, which has since been linked with another brick building at 104 [[23rd Street South]], is currently managed by [[Harbert Realty Services]]
The building was originally built for the [[American Newspaper Union]], which was located there until [[1908]], and its presses were used to publish the ''[[Birmingham Labor Advocate]]''. The upper floors, described as "dwellings" on the 1891 Sanborn map, may have housed railroad workers or may have functioned as a brothel.
 
In [[1904]] the [[Magic City Casket Company]] also used the building, which later housed the [[Child Furniture Co.]], [[Moore Co.]] and [[SoMo Galleries]] (1989-)
 
The building was renovated in [[2003]] by [[Corporate Realty Development]]. [[Giattina Fischer Aycock Architects]] designed the renovations, which were carried out by [[Golden Construction]]. The $1.04 million project, supported by [[Historic Preservation Tax Credit]]s, linked the building with [[104 23rd Street South|another historic brick building]] at 104-110 23rd Street South as a multi-tenant office complex. The project won a "[[Birmingham Historical Society Preservation Awards#2003|Special Preservation Award]]" for "enhancing existing character with appropriate improvements," from the [[Birmingham Historical Society]]. The complex is managed by [[Harbert Realty Services]].


==Tenants==
==Tenants==
* Suite 100: [[Studio C Architecture & Interiors]]
* Suite 110: [[Rob Walker Architects]]
* Suite 110: [[Rob Walker Architects]]
* Suite 250: [[National Center for Sports Safety]]
* Suite 200: [[Golden Construction]], [[Corporate Realty Associates]]
* Suite 225: [[Mainsail Asset Management]], [[New Point Digital]], [[New Point Outdoor]], [[Vulcan Legal Group]]
* Suite 250: [[National Center for Sports Safety]], [[New Point Outdoor]]
* Suite 225: [[Mainsail Asset Management]], [[Message Point Media]], [[New Point Digital]], [[Vulcan Legal Group]]
* [[Darkhorse Properties]]
* [[Davidson Design Group]]
* [[Davidson Design Group]]
* [[Empress Stationery]]
* [[Empress Stationery]]
* [[Firslight Homecare]]
* [[Firslight Homecare]]
* [[Lewis, Feldman & Lehane]]
* [[The Lobbyist Group]]
* [[The Lobbyist Group]]
* [[Jackson & Tucker]]
* [[Jackson & Tucker]]
* [[Motor Carrier Safety Consulting]]
* [[Motor Carrier Safety Consulting]]
* [[Ross Kelly]] landscape architects
* [[Railroad Park Foundation]]
* [[Seth Bryant Grissom]]
* [[Ross Kelly Landscape Architects]]
* [[Studio C Architecture & Interiors]]
* [[Seth Bryant Grissom]] attorneys
* [[Ballard Law Firm]] (2019-)
* [[Larkin Law Firm]] (2019-)
 
==References==
* Hairston, Diean D. (July 31, 1990) "[http://npgallery.nps.gov/GetAsset/235bcfdd-c140-43bd-b378-db806ec8462e Automotive Historic District]" National Register of Historic Places Nomination - approved November 7, 1990
* "[http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/hgpub/id/35018/rec/4 Special Awards]" (May 2003) Birmingham Historical Society ''Newsletter'', p. 4
* Davis, Bryan (April 6, 2015) "Simonton Swaika Black Architects leases downtown space." {{BBJ}}


[[Category:1st Avenue South]]
[[Category:Newspaper Union Building|*]]
[[Category:23rd Street South]]
[[Category:1891 buildings]]
[[Category:1891 buildings]]

Latest revision as of 17:10, 29 December 2023

The Newspaper Union Building, also called the Magic City Casket Building, is a two-story, 10,000 square-foot commercial building at 2229-2231 1st Avenue South, on the southwest corner of 23rd Street South, facing the 1st Avenue cut which is now the Rotary Trail. The building, constructed in 1891, is the oldest surviving structure in the Birmingham Historic Automotive District.

The brick building features arched windows on the upper floor and a pressed metal cornice supported on brick corbels. The corner entrance on 23rd Street South is recessed, with the upper floor supported on a single cast-iron column.

The building was originally built for the American Newspaper Union, which was located there until 1908, and its presses were used to publish the Birmingham Labor Advocate. The upper floors, described as "dwellings" on the 1891 Sanborn map, may have housed railroad workers or may have functioned as a brothel.

In 1904 the Magic City Casket Company also used the building, which later housed the Child Furniture Co., Moore Co. and SoMo Galleries (1989-)

The building was renovated in 2003 by Corporate Realty Development. Giattina Fischer Aycock Architects designed the renovations, which were carried out by Golden Construction. The $1.04 million project, supported by Historic Preservation Tax Credits, linked the building with another historic brick building at 104-110 23rd Street South as a multi-tenant office complex. The project won a "Special Preservation Award" for "enhancing existing character with appropriate improvements," from the Birmingham Historical Society. The complex is managed by Harbert Realty Services.

Tenants

References

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