Ramsay-McCormack Building (Birmingham, Alabama)
USA /
Alabama /
MacDonald Chapel /
Birmingham, Alabama /
Avenue E Ensley, 1823-1825
World
/ USA
/ Alabama
/ MacDonald Chapel
office building, skyscraper, abandoned / shut down, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places, Art Deco (architecture)
Historic office building listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).
Built: 1929
Architect: Brooke B. Burnham
Architectural style: Art Deco
Area: less than 1 acre
Stories: 10 + basement & 2-story penthouse
Also known as: United Security Life Insurance Co. Building
Date added to NRHP: 1/30/2009
Current occupant: vacant
Notes: Ensley's only skyscraper. The building has stood vacant for many years. Neglect and vandalism have taken their toll on the building, and there are calls by many to either revitalize or demolish it. As such, its future is uncertain.
abandonedsoutheast.com/2017/02/15/ramsay-mccormack/
Built: 1929
Architect: Brooke B. Burnham
Architectural style: Art Deco
Area: less than 1 acre
Stories: 10 + basement & 2-story penthouse
Also known as: United Security Life Insurance Co. Building
Date added to NRHP: 1/30/2009
Current occupant: vacant
Notes: Ensley's only skyscraper. The building has stood vacant for many years. Neglect and vandalism have taken their toll on the building, and there are calls by many to either revitalize or demolish it. As such, its future is uncertain.
abandonedsoutheast.com/2017/02/15/ramsay-mccormack/
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 33°30'47"N 86°53'47"W
- 750 Lakeshore/SurModics Pharmaceuticals Corporate Headquarters 8.9 km
- State Farm Insurance Company Birmingham Operations Center 9 km
- Jefferson Metropolitan Park - Lakeshore Park 11 km
- Trace Crossings community 17 km
- AT&T Alabama Operations Center (AOC) 17 km
- Riverchase business/office community 18 km
- AT&T Regional Data Center 18 km
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Headquarters Campus 19 km
- EBSCO Industries Corporate Headquarters 25 km
- Pelham Office Division 4 28 km
- Former Ensley Works 1 km
- Sherman Heights 1.3 km
- Village Creek Sewage Treatment Plant 1.9 km
- US Steel 2 km
- US Steel 2.3 km
- US Steel 2.5 km
- West Ensley 3.2 km
- US Steel 3.3 km
- US Steel 3.7 km
- George Washington Carver Memorial Gardens Cemetery 4.2 km