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Also known as the [[Terry Building]], '''Hughes Drug Store''' was an early three-story commercial building located on the southeast corner of [[2nd Avenue North]] and [[19th Street North|19th Street]]. The first floor housed business and law offices, primarily the drug store of [[Jack Adams]] and [[ | Also known as the [[Terry Building]], '''Hughes Drug Store''' was an early three-story commercial building located on the southeast corner of [[2nd Avenue North]] and [[19th Street North|19th Street]]. The first floor housed business and law offices, primarily the drug store of [[Jack Adams]] and [[Arthur Moody]]. The second floor housed [[Birmingham]]'s first telephone exchange, which was established on [[May 8]], [[1882]] with 26 subscribers. Within a few months, the phone service expanded to the third floor, where a 500-line switchboard was installed. | ||
The building received the name "Hughes Drug Store" due to housing the drug store of Dr. [[G.W. Hughes]], but was later named for Birmingham's first Superintendent of Education, founder of Birmingham's public school system, and attorney Colonel [[John Terry]]. | The building received the name "Hughes Drug Store" due to housing the drug store of Dr. [[G.W. Hughes]], but was later named for Birmingham's first Superintendent of Education, founder of Birmingham's public school system, and attorney Colonel [[John Terry]]. | ||
Revision as of 13:08, 18 December 2013
Also known as the Terry Building, Hughes Drug Store was an early three-story commercial building located on the southeast corner of 2nd Avenue North and 19th Street. The first floor housed business and law offices, primarily the drug store of Jack Adams and Arthur Moody. The second floor housed Birmingham's first telephone exchange, which was established on May 8, 1882 with 26 subscribers. Within a few months, the phone service expanded to the third floor, where a 500-line switchboard was installed.
The building received the name "Hughes Drug Store" due to housing the drug store of Dr. G.W. Hughes, but was later named for Birmingham's first Superintendent of Education, founder of Birmingham's public school system, and attorney Colonel John Terry.
The site is currently used as a surface parking lot.
References
- Blake, T. Harry (1973) Birmingham Since 1885. Birmingham: Birmingham Historical Society
- Satterfield, Carolyn Green (1976) "Historic Sites of Jefferson County, Alabama" Jefferson County Historical Commission