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[[Image:BAWarehouse.jpg|right|thumb|325px|B&A Warehouse, July 2010]]
'''B&A Warehouse''' is an event facility and catering company located at 1531 [[1st Avenue South]], across from [[Railroad Park]]. It opened in [[1999]] in the former [[Jefferson Plumbing & Mill Supply Company]] warehouse. [[Craig Rogers]] of [[Designform]] was the architect for the renovation work.

B & A is named for its original owners, [[Bill Mudd]] and [[Art Durkee]]. Mudd, an attorney with [[Whitaker, Mudd, Simms, Luke & Wells]], currently owns 89% interest in the property through his '''First Avenue Development LLC''' while Durkee's heirs own the remaining 11%.

The event center is managed by a separate company, Durkmud, Inc, owned by [[Susan Mason]] and [[Alison Nichols]], Mudd's wife.

In [[2011]] the land on which the business sits was proposed as part of the location for a new [[downtown baseball stadium]]. Mudd accused city leaders of ignoring his desire to remain at the location and have the building incorporated into the proposed development. The building was spared and is adjacent to [[Regions Field]] and the [[Negro Southern League Museum]].

The warehouse was the first site for Sunday evening worship services of [[Iron City Church]]. The congregation met there from 2014 to 2018, when it moved to the auditorium of [[Ramsay High School]].

==References==
* Bryant, Joseph D. (August 17, 2011) "Owner of B&A Warehouse doesn't want to sell property for Birmingham ballpark." {{BN}}

==External links==
* [http://www.bawarehouse.com/index.htm B&A Warehouse] website

[[Category:Event spaces]]
[[Category:Caterers]]
[[Category:1st Avenue South]]
[[Category:1999 establishments]]
[[Category:Designform buildings]]