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:''This article is about the 1903 Title Guarantee building, for the offices of the [[Land Title Mortgage Company]], see [[Family Reserve Insurance building]].''
:''This article is about the 1903 Title Guarantee building, for the offices of the [[Land Title Mortgage Company]], see [[Family Reserve Insurance building]].''
[[Image:Title Building.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Title Building]]
[[Image:Title Building.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Title Building]]
The '''Title Guarantee Loan & Trust Building''' is a 9-story, 120-foot-tall office building constructed in [[1903]] at 2028-2030 [[3rd Avenue North]], on the corner of [[21st Street North|21st Street]] across from the [[Jefferson County Courthouse (1889)|Jefferson County Courthouse]] by the [[Title Guarantee Loan & Trust Company]]. It was designed by architect [[William Weston]] and built by [[T. C. Thompson & Brothers]].
The '''Title Guarantee Loan & Trust Building''', called the '''Title Building''' or '''Title Guarantee Building''', is a 9-story, 120-foot-tall office building constructed in [[1903]] at 2028-2030 [[3rd Avenue North]], on the corner of [[21st Street North|21st Street]] across from the [[Jefferson County Courthouse (1889)|Jefferson County Courthouse]] by the [[Title Guarantee Loan & Trust Company]]. It was designed by architect [[William Weston]] and built by [[T. C. Thompson & Brothers]].


The Title Guarantee Building was, after the [[Woodward Building]], only the city's second steel-framed "skyscraper". The owners boasted that the only wood used in the construction was for flooring. It was also the first building to provide tenants with electric power, from its own generators. Fresh water was pumped from a [[Underground river|well]] drilled below the foundations.
The Title Guarantee Building was, after the [[Woodward Building]], only the city's second steel-framed "skyscraper". The owners boasted that the only wood used in the construction was for flooring. It was also the first building to provide tenants with electric power, from its own generators. Fresh water was pumped from a [[Underground river|well]] drilled below the foundations.
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[[Image:Safari Cup.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Ground floor of the Title Building in August 2009]]
[[Image:Safari Cup.jpg|left|thumb|225px|Ground floor of the Title Building in August 2009]]
The building was the home of the first "First Order" [[Weather Forecast Office Birmingham|Weather Bureau]] station in [[Birmingham]]. It also housed the [[Birmingham Sunday School Association]], the [[Peddinghaus Studio]] portrait photographers, the [[Silver Pheasant Tea Room]], and the first professional offices of architect [[David O. Whilldin]].
The building was the home of the first "First Order" [[Weather Forecast Office Birmingham|Weather Bureau]] station in [[Birmingham]]. It also housed the [[Birmingham Sunday School Association]], the [[Peddinghaus Studio]] portrait photographers, and the [[Silver Pheasant Tea Room]].


The deep cornice was removed in [[1956]].  
The deep cornice was removed in [[1956]].  
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Following the remodeling, the ground floor was occupied by [[First Commercial Bank]]. Later it housed [[Safari Cup]] coffee shop ([[2002]]-[[2009]]) and [[O'Carr's]] delicatessen ([[2010]]). The building is presently the home of [[Southpace Properties]], which erected a neon sign on the corner in [[2011]].
Following the remodeling, the ground floor was occupied by [[First Commercial Bank]]. Later it housed [[Safari Cup]] coffee shop ([[2002]]-[[2009]]) and [[O'Carr's]] delicatessen ([[2010]]). The building is presently the home of [[Southpace Properties]], which erected a neon sign on the corner in [[2011]].
==Tenants==
* Ground floor:
** [[T. F. Aunspaugh]] (1907)
** [[Woman's Exchange]] (1907)
* Rooms:
** 101–106: [[Title Guarantee Loan & Trust Co.]] (1903–1907)
** 107-108: [[E. J. Smyer]] (1907)
** 202: [[F. S. White & Sons]] / [[J. B. Garber]] (1907)
** 205: [[H. C. Crane]] (1907)
** 206: [[J. B. Dryer]] / [[T. J. Wingfield]] / [[Republic Land Co.]] (1907)
** 207: [[C. B. Ballard]] / [[W. T. Howlett]] (1907)
** 208: [[Ward & Ward]] (1907)
** 211: [[J. B. Aird]] / [[W. J. Martin]] / [[William Conniff]] (1907)
** 301: [[W. O. Miller]] (1907)
** 302: [[Thompson & Thompson]] / [[J. E. Davis]] / [[Escar Floyd]] (1907)
** 305: [[R. B. Smyer]] (1907)
** 306: [[Garrett & Urquhart]] / [[J. Baird]] (1907)
** 307: [[J. W. Chamblee]] (1907)
** 308: [[F. S. Andress]] (1907)
** 309: [[B. L. Chappell]] (1907)
** 311: [[A. L. Brown]] (1907)
** 314: [[George Huddleston Sr]] attorney (1907)
** 401: [[Siluria Cotton Mills]] / [[T. C. Thompson & Bros]] (1907)
** 403: [[Phila Dental Rooms]] (1907)
** 407: [[Equitable Trading Co.]] / [[Princeton Land Co.]] / [[Union Trust Co.]] (1907)
** 409: [[Standard Realty Co.]] (1907)
** 410: [[The Jones Agency]] / [[Retail Grocers Association]] (1907)
** 411: [[Lamkin & Watts]] (1907)
** 502: [[Educational Exchange Co.]] / [[American Seating Co.]] (1907)
** 503: [[Gwin & Densmore]] / [[H. H. Black]] (1907)
** 505–506: [[National Life Insurance Co. of the United States]] / [[Cox Bros]] (1907)
** 508: [[Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.]] (1907)
** 512: [[American Lumber & Export Co.]] (1907)
** 6th floor: [[Continental Gin Co.]] (1907)
** 703: [[G. W. Brown]] (1907)
** 704: [[R. S. Munger]] (1907)
** 709: [[T. H. Johnston & Co.]] (1907)
** 711: [[David O. Whilldin]] architect
** 803: [[U. S. Weather Bureau]] (1907)
** 806: [[C. W. Hill]] / [[Herman Schoel]] (1907)
** 809: [[E. P. Riggs]] / [[Charles Whelan]] physician (1907)
** 811: [[William Spink]] architect / [[J. F. Williams]] (1907)
** 812: [[William Spink]] / [[Marguerite Spink]] architects (1909)
** 903: [[LaBelle-Kribs Co.]] (1907)
** 905: [[P. H. Moore]] (1907)
** 906: [[John C. Forney]] attorney / [[J. T. Collins Jr]] (1907)
** 907: [[Denson & Denson]] (1907)
** 909: [[Miller & Martin]] architects (1907)
** 911: [[J. C. Millar]] / [[J. H. Bingham & Co.]] / [[Birmingham Land Co.]] / ''[[Birmingham Times (1907)|Birmingham Times]]'' (1907)


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:William Weston buildings]]
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Latest revision as of 19:09, 21 May 2020

This article is about the 1903 Title Guarantee building, for the offices of the Land Title Mortgage Company, see Family Reserve Insurance building.
Title Building

The Title Guarantee Loan & Trust Building, called the Title Building or Title Guarantee Building, is a 9-story, 120-foot-tall office building constructed in 1903 at 2028-2030 3rd Avenue North, on the corner of 21st Street across from the Jefferson County Courthouse by the Title Guarantee Loan & Trust Company. It was designed by architect William Weston and built by T. C. Thompson & Brothers.

The Title Guarantee Building was, after the Woodward Building, only the city's second steel-framed "skyscraper". The owners boasted that the only wood used in the construction was for flooring. It was also the first building to provide tenants with electric power, from its own generators. Fresh water was pumped from a well drilled below the foundations.

The frame was clad in brown brick, laid with recessed courses on the second and upper floors to evoke rusticated stone. The paired double-hung windows are surmounted by brick jack-arches and the ground floor is embellished with brown terra-cotta in a subdued Renaissance revival motif with a round-arched entranceway at the center.

Ground floor of the Title Building in August 2009

The building was the home of the first "First Order" Weather Bureau station in Birmingham. It also housed the Birmingham Sunday School Association, the Peddinghaus Studio portrait photographers, and the Silver Pheasant Tea Room.

The deep cornice was removed in 1956.

In 1983 the building was purchased out of bankruptcy by John Lauriello, Neal Andrews Jr and David Johnson. Over the next two years, with assistance provided by the city and federal government coordinated through Operation New Birmingham, the exterior and interior were cleaned and restored as closely as possible to the original appearance. Moody & Associates provided design work for the renovations, carried out by Charles & Vinzant Construction Company.

Following the remodeling, the ground floor was occupied by First Commercial Bank. Later it housed Safari Cup coffee shop (2002-2009) and O'Carr's delicatessen (2010). The building is presently the home of Southpace Properties, which erected a neon sign on the corner in 2011.

Tenants

References

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