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{{About|the assisted-living facility|the apartments|Highland Manor Apartments}} | {{About|the assisted-living facility|the apartments|Highland Manor Apartments}} | ||
[[Image:Highland Manor.jpg|right|thumb|275px|Highland Manor in February 2006]] | |||
'''Highland Manor''' is a 15-story assisted-living apartment tower located at 2040 [[Highland Avenue]] on the corner of [[21st Street South]]. | '''Highland Manor''' is a 15-story assisted-living apartment tower located at 2040 [[Highland Avenue]] on the corner of [[21st Street South]]. | ||
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[[Image:Top of 21 logo.jpg|left|75px]] | [[Image:Top of 21 logo.jpg|left|75px]] | ||
When it was operated as a hotel, under the management of Mrs [[M. Michelli]], the building boasted flexible meeting rooms on the second floor, nightly dancing in the "Cloud Room" and a penthouse restaurant, the '''Guv'nor's Grill'''. The restaurant was later called '''Top of 21'''. | When it was operated as a hotel, under the management of Mrs [[M. Michelli]], the building boasted flexible meeting rooms on the second floor, nightly dancing in the "Cloud Room" and a penthouse restaurant, the '''Guv'nor's Grill'''. The restaurant was later called '''Top of 21'''. | ||
The apartment building was repainted in [[2006]] and remodeled inside and out in [[2017]]. | |||
==References== | |||
* Edgemon, Erin (December 1, 2016) "High-rise apartment complex in Birmingham's Southside to get facelift." {{BN}} | |||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
* [http://www.emporis.com/building/highlandmanor-birmingham-al-usa Highland Manor] on Emporis.com | * [http://www.emporis.com/building/highlandmanor-birmingham-al-usa Highland Manor] on Emporis.com | ||
Revision as of 16:09, 1 December 2016
- This article is about the assisted-living facility. For the apartments, see Highland Manor Apartments.
Highland Manor is a 15-story assisted-living apartment tower located at 2040 Highland Avenue on the corner of 21st Street South.
The building was constructed in 1961 as the 208-room Colony Motor Hotel, later remodeled with 196 rooms and rebranded as a Sheraton Motor Inn after it was acquired by the Dextra Corporation in the mid 1960s.
When it was operated as a hotel, under the management of Mrs M. Michelli, the building boasted flexible meeting rooms on the second floor, nightly dancing in the "Cloud Room" and a penthouse restaurant, the Guv'nor's Grill. The restaurant was later called Top of 21.
The apartment building was repainted in 2006 and remodeled inside and out in 2017.
References
- Edgemon, Erin (December 1, 2016) "High-rise apartment complex in Birmingham's Southside to get facelift." The Birmingham News
External links
- Highland Manor on Emporis.com