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The '''Paul S. Worrell Building''' (originally the '''Doctor's Center''') is a 7-story office building constructed in [[1960]] by a group of physicians aligned as the "Doctor's Center Corporation". It is located at 924 [[18th Street South]] between [[9th Avenue South|9th]] and [[10th Avenue South|10th Avenues South]]. Designed by [[Fritz Woehle]] and constructed for $500,000, the modern curtain-wall building with exposed concrete frame contained four doctor's suites on each floor, with the ground floor opened up for valet parking service. | The '''Paul S. Worrell Building''' (originally the '''Doctor's Center''') is a 7-story office building constructed in [[1960]] by a group of physicians aligned as the "Doctor's Center Corporation". It is located at 924 [[18th Street South]] between [[9th Avenue South|9th]] and [[10th Avenue South|10th Avenues South]]. Designed by [[Fritz Woehle]] and constructed for $500,000, the modern curtain-wall building with exposed concrete frame contained four doctor's suites on each floor, with the ground floor opened up for valet parking service. | ||
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* Beiman, Irving (November __, 1959) "Seven-story doctor's center to be erected on 18th-st.". ''Birmingham News'' | * Beiman, Irving (November __, 1959) "Seven-story doctor's center to be erected on 18th-st.". ''Birmingham News'' | ||
Revision as of 15:31, 17 April 2011
The Paul S. Worrell Building (originally the Doctor's Center) is a 7-story office building constructed in 1960 by a group of physicians aligned as the "Doctor's Center Corporation". It is located at 924 18th Street South between 9th and 10th Avenues South. Designed by Fritz Woehle and constructed for $500,000, the modern curtain-wall building with exposed concrete frame contained four doctor's suites on each floor, with the ground floor opened up for valet parking service.
With a large gift from optometrist Paul Worrell and his wife Sylvia, UAB purchased the building in 1985. On October 14, 1988 the building was rededicated in Worrell's honor. It currently houses the Department of Vision Sciences, the Vision Science Graduate Program, and the Vision Science Research Center for the UAB School of Optometry. Among the building's facilities are administrative offices, research laboratories, a machine shop, electronics shop, a tissue processing and histology center, and the Sylvia D. Worrell Conference Center.
References
- Beiman, Irving (November __, 1959) "Seven-story doctor's center to be erected on 18th-st.". Birmingham News