Caldwell Hotel
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The Caldwell Hotel, completed in 1889, was a six-story hotel located on the northeast corner of 22nd Street and 1st Avenue North in downtown Birmingham. The brick building was heavily ornamented in the renaissance revival style, and during its short tenure was regarded as Birmingham's most luxurious hotel, taking the title from the Florence Hotel.
The hotel was named in honor of former Elyton Land Company president Henry M. Caldwell, and is often regarded as Alabama's second multi-story "high-rise" after Montgomery's Moses Building completed in 1887.
Although the hotel was billed as being fireproof, it was destroyed by fire on July 21, 1894. Today, the Goodall-Brown Lofts can be found atop this site.
References
- McMillan, Malcolm C. (1975) Yesterday's Birmingham, Seeman's Historic Cities Series No. 18. Miami: Seeman Publishing. p.54.
- Caldwell Hotel on Emporis.com, Accessed July 1, 2007.