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==1971 locations== | ==1971 locations== | ||
* 511 [[20th Street South]], Southside Birmingham | * 511 [[20th Street South]], Southside Birmingham | ||
* 550 [[Montgomery Highway (Vestavia Hills)|Montgomery Highway]], [[Vestavia Hills]] (the "round bank", built [[1962]], designed by [[Lawrence Whitten & Son]] | * 550 [[Montgomery Highway (Vestavia Hills)|Montgomery Highway]], [[Vestavia Hills]] (the "round bank", built in [[1962]], designed by [[Lawrence Whitten & Son]]. The structure included a drive-thru window and a conference room which could be rented for civic or business meetings. It was surrounded by a "moat", which functioned as a cooling pond for the building's air conditioning system. | ||
* [[9324 Parkway East]], [[Roebuck]] (built [[1970]], also round but more traditionally styled than Vestavia) | * [[9324 Parkway East]], [[Roebuck]] (built [[1970]], also round but more traditionally styled than Vestavia) | ||
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[[Category:20th Street South]] | [[Category:20th Street South]] | ||
[[Category:Montgomery Highway (Vestavia Hills)]] | [[Category:Montgomery Highway (Vestavia Hills)]] | ||
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Revision as of 15:40, 27 December 2014
Birmingham Federal Savings & Loan Association was a Birmingham-based savings and loan founded by Curtis DeArman, Jr, Malcolm Wheeler, J. W. Griffin, Boyd Tarpley and Frederick Murray . By 1971 the bank had three locations.
1971 locations
- 511 20th Street South, Southside Birmingham
- 550 Montgomery Highway, Vestavia Hills (the "round bank", built in 1962, designed by Lawrence Whitten & Son. The structure included a drive-thru window and a conference room which could be rented for civic or business meetings. It was surrounded by a "moat", which functioned as a cooling pond for the building's air conditioning system.
- 9324 Parkway East, Roebuck (built 1970, also round but more traditionally styled than Vestavia)