Complex sentence: Completed in 1907, the building rises 11 stories and was the first skyscraper in the city; it is also regarded as the first reinforced concrete skyscraper in Alabama and the Southeastern United States.
Split into simpler sentences: Completed in 1907, the building rises 11 stories and was the first skyscraper in the city. It is regarded as the first reinforced concrete skyscraper in Alabama and the Southeastern United States.