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Orr leased property from the [[Elyton Land Company]] for $16.67 per month beginning on [[December 14]], [[1881]]. He constructed a brick stable the following year, but then sold it and the lease to [[Sallie Stokes]] in July [[1882]]. | Orr leased property from the [[Elyton Land Company]] for $16.67 per month beginning on [[December 14]], [[1881]]. He constructed a brick stable the following year, but then sold it and the lease to [[Sallie Stokes]] in July [[1882]]. | ||
By [[1909]] the business was operated by [[J. C. Orr]] and [[W. O. Lanning]]. It boasted a massive brick stable at the present site of the [[Phoenix Lofts]], offering carriages, broughams, traps and light livery. | By [[1909]] the business was operated by [[J. C. Orr (liveryman)|J. C. Orr]] and [[W. O. Lanning]]. It boasted a massive brick stable at the present site of the [[Phoenix Lofts]], offering carriages, broughams, traps and light livery. | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:20, 20 February 2023
Orr & Lanning was a livery stable operating as W. F. Orr from 2108 1st Avenue North in the 1880s and from the corner of 17th Street and 2nd Avenue North (Block 88) in the early 1900s.
Orr leased property from the Elyton Land Company for $16.67 per month beginning on December 14, 1881. He constructed a brick stable the following year, but then sold it and the lease to Sallie Stokes in July 1882.
By 1909 the business was operated by J. C. Orr and W. O. Lanning. It boasted a massive brick stable at the present site of the Phoenix Lofts, offering carriages, broughams, traps and light livery.
References
- City Directory of Birmingham and Gazetteer of Surrounding Section for 1884-5 (1884) Volume II. Atlanta, Georgia: Interstate Directory Company
- The Shoppers' Guide of Greater Birmingham, The Trade Center of Alabama (1909) Birmingham: Davis Advertising & Sales Co.