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[[File:1211 27th Pl S.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Architect's rendering]]
[[File:1211 27th Pl S.jpg|center|thumb|800px|Architect's rendering]]
'''1211 27th Place South''' is a professional office building at the corner of [[27th Place South]] and [[Highland Avenue]], currently housing the a clinic and the headquarters offices of [[Planned Parenthood of Alabama]].
The '''Olmsted Building''', originally the '''Professional Building''', is an 7,103 square-foot professional office building at 1211 [[27th Place South]], on [[Block 843]] at the corner of [[Highland Avenue]] at [[Rhodes Park]].


The building was constructed in [[1960]] as the '''Professional Building''' housing the diagnostic clinics of Doctors [[Charles Crow]], [[John Crow]] and [[Leon Smelo]]. The 5,000 square foot project was developed by [[MCM Corporation]], designed by [[Greer, Holmquist & Chambers]] and constructed for $150,000 by [[W. R. Lunsford]]. The brown brick ranch-style office featured plate glass windows and brick planters, as well as on-site parking for patients behind a brick retaining wall.
The building was constructed in [[1960]] for the diagnostic clinics of doctors [[Charles Crow]], [[John Crow]] and [[Leon Smelo]]. The 5,000 square foot project was developed by [[MCM Corporation]], designed by [[Greer, Holmquist & Chambers]] and constructed for $150,000 by [[W. R. Lunsford]]. The brown brick ranch-style office featured plate glass windows and brick planters, as well as on-site parking for patients behind a brick retaining wall.
 
Until [[2020]] the building housed a clinic and the headquarters offices of [[Planned Parenthood of Alabama]]. [[Casey Hitt]] acquired the property in [[2022]] for $640,000. In [[2023]] space in the building was leased by the [[Faraway Theater]] to host improvisational performances.
 
==Tenants==
* [[Charles Crow]] / [[John Crow]] / [[Leon Smelo]] physicians (1960–1973)
* [[Joseph Connor Jr]] physician (1974)
* [[Planned Parenthood of Alabama]] (–2020)
* [[Plott & Company]] real estate
* Suite 20: [[Faraway Theater]] (2023–)
* Suite 105: [[Electra Film Lab]] ([[Jake Patrick]] & [[Jordan Higgins]] 2022–)


==References==
==References==
* "[http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/p4017coll2,1235 New doctors' clinic for Highland-av under construction]" (October 4, 1959) ''Birmingham News''
* "[http://bplonline.cdmhost.com/u?/p4017coll2,1235 New doctors' clinic for Highland-av under construction]" (October 4, 1959) {{BN}}
 
* O'Leary, A. J. (May 29, 2023) "Improv group signs lease for new theater." {{BBJ}}
==External links==
* [http://www.ppalabama.org/ Planned Parenthood of Alabama] website


[[Category:27th Place South]]
[[Category:Olmsted Building|*]]
[[Category:Highland Avenue]]
[[Category:1960 buildings]]
[[Category:1960 buildings]]
[[Category:Clinics]]
[[Category:Clinics]]
[[Category:Greer Holmquist & Chambers buildings]]
[[Category:Greer Holmquist & Chambers buildings]]

Latest revision as of 10:11, 26 July 2023

Architect's rendering

The Olmsted Building, originally the Professional Building, is an 7,103 square-foot professional office building at 1211 27th Place South, on Block 843 at the corner of Highland Avenue at Rhodes Park.

The building was constructed in 1960 for the diagnostic clinics of doctors Charles Crow, John Crow and Leon Smelo. The 5,000 square foot project was developed by MCM Corporation, designed by Greer, Holmquist & Chambers and constructed for $150,000 by W. R. Lunsford. The brown brick ranch-style office featured plate glass windows and brick planters, as well as on-site parking for patients behind a brick retaining wall.

Until 2020 the building housed a clinic and the headquarters offices of Planned Parenthood of Alabama. Casey Hitt acquired the property in 2022 for $640,000. In 2023 space in the building was leased by the Faraway Theater to host improvisational performances.

Tenants

References