John Hand Building (Birmingham, Alabama)

USA / Alabama / Birmingham / Birmingham, Alabama / 20th Street North, 17

office building, skyscraper, Neoclassical (architecture), NRHP - National Register of Historic Places

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Historic office building listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).

Built: 1912
Architect: William Leslie Welton
Expanded: 1940 (two-story wing addition); 1955 (5-story east addition)
Architectural style: Neoclassical
Area: 0.6 acres
Stories: 21
Date added to NRHP: 9/29/1983
Other designations: final building constructed of four that is part of the "Heaviest Corner on Earth", a grouping of early 20th century skyscrapers centered around the intersection of 1st Avenue and 20th Street.

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Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Hand_Building

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Coordinates: 33°30'50"N 86°48'17"W

State Farm Insurance Company Birmingham Operations Center 6.8 km
750 Lakeshore/SurModics Pharmaceuticals Corporate Headquarters 9 km
AT&T Alabama Operations Center (AOC) 10 km
AT&T Regional Data Center 15 km
Jefferson Metropolitan Park - Lakeshore Park 15 km
Riverchase business/office community 16 km
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama Headquarters Campus 16 km
Trace Crossings community 18 km
EBSCO Industries Corporate Headquarters 19 km
Pelham Office Division 4 26 km

Red Mountain/Elton B. Stephens Expressway 1.1 km
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) 1.4 km
Sloss Furnace 1.5 km
Intersection of I-65 and I-20/59 (Malfunction Junction) 261 2.2 km
A.H. Parker High School 2.3 km
Smithfield Court public housing 2.7 km
East Thomas 3.6 km
BNSF East Thomas Yard 3.8 km
Village Creek 4.1 km
American Cast Iron Pipe Company (ACIPCO) 5.6 km

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Red Mountain/Elton B. Stephens Expressway University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Sloss Furnace Intersection of I-65 and I-20/59 (Malfunction Junction) 261 A.H. Parker High School Smithfield Court public housing East Thomas BNSF East Thomas Yard Village Creek American Cast Iron Pipe Company (ACIPCO)