The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-07-30
MANY BUILDINGS
ARE BEING ERECTED
New Structures to be Modern
in Every Detail
OTHERSARE TEMPLATED
Brown, 6lach, Tomlnson, Turner and
Other Buildings Have About Been
Complementary improvements
are Being Made.
OIHERSARE CON TEMPLATED

Many substantial buildings are now I'M
| der course of construction in the BUSH
ness district of Birmingham. Others are
contemplated, and work ON a half dozen
or more large structures will begin this
fell
All of the buildings now being erected In
birmingham are modern in every detail,
and they are being put up to stand for
many years.
Real estate men of Birmingham re-
port that they are receiving daily in
quiries from business men in other cities.
who desire to come to Birmingham, pro-
vided that they can secure space in suit
able buildings.
The Blach building. which occupies a
spece, 10Ox1OO feet on the northeast cor
ner of Third avenue and Nineteenth
street, Is rapidly nearing completion. 1t
is of buff brick and though simple In de-
sign, 1t will add material to that section
of the city. The building is four stories
in height.
DR.. Cheek is erecting a handsome red
pressed brick building the southsde
of Third avenue, betS cen Nineteenth and
Twentieth streets T. II. Motion will erect
building adjoining this one on the west.
A greater part of this bloc has former
ly been occupied by one-story shacks.
Within a short while all OF these will be
torn away and on the sites will be mod
ern store buildings.
On the west side of Twentieth street
between Second and Third avenues, a
three-story brick building. which will have
space for three stores. is being erected. 1t
is of buff pressed brick and will take the
place of the buildings which were burn
ed during the past winter
New Tomlinson Building.
The Turner and Tomlinson buildings,
| four-story brick structures on the south
side of First avenue, between Twentieth
| and Twenty first streets, have about been
completed They are of pressed brick with
stone trimmings and quite handsome.
The Earle estate Will shortly begin work
on the construction of large building
on the corner of Twenty-irst street
and First avenue The office building is
/, being repaired.
A number of buildings near Twenty
first street on Morris avenue, which were
! burned during the last nine months, are
! being rebuilt.
The Brown building. located on the
| south side of Second avenue. between
| Twentieth and Twenty-first streets, is ono
of the finest Of the buildings now nearing
| completion. This structure is four stories
in height and Is built of bun pressed
brick with elaborate terra Gotta trim
mings on account of the exceedingly high
pitch of the walls the building is as tall
as any fve-story building in Birming-
ham. The Fowlkes & Myatt two-story
brick building. located on Twentieth
street between Fourth and Fifth avenues
is one of the structures now almost COM
pleted.
Second Avenue improvements.
On upper Second avenue. several brick
buildings to be used for mercantile pur-
poses are either under course of construc-
ton or are being planned.
Among the large structures to be erect
ed soon are those of the Southern Bell
Telephone and Telegraph company, tho
Goodall, Brown g. Co.. and the Hotel JEFF
ferson. Business blocks to be known as
the Smith building and the Hudgins build
ing are also to be erected soon. The tele-
phone building will cost between $4,000
and 10000, and II will be located on tho
site of the present exchange building on
Second avenue, between Eighteenth and
Nineteenth streets.
Lower First avenue has recently been
improved with several new buildings and
warehouses. Other new structures are
contemplated in that section Of the city.
Progress Is being made on the new High
school. the Barker and the South High
lands school and all will be ready for &C.
cupancy in the fall.
Wanted First Glass Com