Mountain Brook Estates Building

Mountain Brook Estates Building
Location 2803 Cahaba Rd., Mountain Brook, Alabama
Coordinates 33°29′9″N 86°46′21″W / 33.48583°N 86.77250°W / 33.48583; -86.77250Coordinates: 33°29′9″N 86°46′21″W / 33.48583°N 86.77250°W / 33.48583; -86.77250
Built 1928 (1928)
Built by L.E. Ford
Architect Jesse W. Green
Architectural style Tudor Revival
NRHP Reference # 03000232[1]
Added to NRHP April 8, 2003

The Mountain Brook Estates Building is a commercial building in the planned community of Mountain Brook, Alabama. The neo-medieval building was built as the commercial center of the suburban community. Built in 1928, it is a steel structure clad with half-timbering meant to evoke an idealized English town center. Mountain Brook Estates is one of the three most significant examples of a romanticized suburb in the United States, along with Grosse Pointe, Michigan and Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri.[2]

Description

The Mountain Brook Estates Building is a one and two story steel-framed structure with five ground floor commercial tenant spaces. Offices are on the second floor. It is situated on the town center circle, with one-story arms on side streets. The building is underlain by a full basement. The ground floor is mainly brick, while the upper level is mainly half-timbering and stucco. The roof is tile shingle. The design is a picturesque interpretation of early English town buildings.[2]

The building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 8, 2003.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 Nelson, Linda; Anderson, Christy (June 8, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Mountain Brook Estates Building" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

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