Thomas Jefferson Hotel
19-story building on the western side of downtown Birmingham, Alabama / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Thomas Jefferson Tower, originally the Thomas Jefferson Hotel and then the Cabana Hotel, is a 19-story building on the western side of downtown Birmingham, Alabama. It was completed in 1929 as the 350-room Thomas Jefferson Hotel and is at 1623 2nd Avenue North.[1] It has a tower in its roof intended to be a zeppelin mooring mast.
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Thomas Jefferson Tower | |
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Thomas Jefferson Hotel | |
Former names | Hotel Thomas Jefferson, Cabana Hotel |
General information | |
Architectural style | Spanish revival |
Address | 1623 2nd Avenue North |
Town or city | Birmingham, Alabama |
Country | USA |
Current tenants | N/A |
Construction started | May 1926 |
Opening | September 7, 1929 |
Cost | $2.5 million |
Client | Union Realty Company |
Owner | Burt Ordorff |
Height | 87.48 m (287.0 ft) |
Technical details | |
Structural system | steel |
Floor count | 19 |
Design and construction | |
Architect(s) | David Oliver Whilldin |
Architecture firm | N/A |
Main contractor | The Foster-Creighton Company |
Other information | |
Number of rooms | 350 |
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