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[[Image:Webb Building 2010.jpg|right|thumb|425px|The Webb Building in September 2010]]
[[Image:Webb Building 2010.jpg|right|thumb|425px|The Webb Building in September 2010]]
The '''Webb Building''', built in [[1871]] on the southwest corner of [[20th Street North|20th Street]] and [[2nd Avenue North]], was one of the first commercial 3-story buildings in [[Birmingham]]. It was developed by [[J. B. Webb]] of [[Elyton]], who is said to have claimed a $100 prize from the [[Elyton Land Company]] for his investment in the new city.
The '''Webb Building''', formerly called the '''Dude-McCoy Building''', built in [[1871]] on the southwest corner of [[20th Street North|20th Street]] and [[2nd Avenue North]], was one of the first commercial 3-story buildings in [[Birmingham]]. It was developed by [[J. B. Webb]] of [[Elyton]], who is said to have claimed a $100 prize from the [[Elyton Land Company]] for his investment in the new city.


[[R. H. L. Wharton]] purchased the "water privilege" for the infant city in 1871 and dug the city's first well at the site of an [[Underground river|intermittent spring]] in front of the Webb Building. He dug other early wells and charged by the bucket for their use. When the [[Birmingham Water Works]] was created in [[1872]] the [[Birmingham Board of Aldermen]] ordered the wells capped.  
[[R. H. L. Wharton]] purchased the "water privilege" for the infant city in 1871 and dug the city's first well at the site of an [[Underground river|intermittent spring]] in front of the Webb Building. He dug other early wells and charged by the bucket for their use. When the [[Birmingham Water Works]] was created in [[1872]] the [[Birmingham Board of Aldermen]] ordered the wells capped.  

Revision as of 13:35, 9 June 2015

The Webb Building in September 2010

The Webb Building, formerly called the Dude-McCoy Building, built in 1871 on the southwest corner of 20th Street and 2nd Avenue North, was one of the first commercial 3-story buildings in Birmingham. It was developed by J. B. Webb of Elyton, who is said to have claimed a $100 prize from the Elyton Land Company for his investment in the new city.

R. H. L. Wharton purchased the "water privilege" for the infant city in 1871 and dug the city's first well at the site of an intermittent spring in front of the Webb Building. He dug other early wells and charged by the bucket for their use. When the Birmingham Water Works was created in 1872 the Birmingham Board of Aldermen ordered the wells capped.

From its completion until 1907 the building housed the Dude Saloon. The building has been remodeled several times, first in 1915. The present stone cladding is not original.

The building was owned for many years by SouthTrust Bank, which operated a banking branch and office encircling the back of the older structure. It was sold to George Ladd along with the rest of the half-block when the branch was closed.

After the building became vacant, part of the metal cladding above the storefront on the ground floor peeled away, exposing the original brick. In 2010 Ladd hired architect Pete Pritchard to oversee repairs and renovations as part of his efforts to attract a tenant. The work carried out did not match the designs presented to the Birmingham Design Review Committee, leading to some controversy. The board later approved a compromise design prepared by Herrington Architects.

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