Empire Hotel (1912)
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- This article is about the former hotel. For other uses, see Empire Building (disambiguation).
The Empire Hotel was a large hotel located at 2130 4th Avenue North, on the northwest corner of 22nd Street across from the 1917 Birmingham News building and behind St Paul's Cathedral in downtown Birmingham. It was constructed before 1915 and was advertised as "having the atmosphere and appointment of a well-conditioned home". I. L. Fabian was the long-time manager.
In 1941 Fabian, Abe Koltzman and Ralph Blach formed a partnership, the "Empire Hotel Company", which purchased the property.
The ground floor of the Empire Hotel was the first location of the Land Title Company's offices in 1951.
The site of the demolished Empire Hotel was used for Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 4.
References
- Weeks, J. D. (1999) Birmingham in Vintage Postcards. Postcard History Series. Mount Pleasant, South Carolina: Arcadia Press. ISBN 9780738503332