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Fort Dunlop, the main building of the former factory area, is next to the M6 motorway, near to junction 5. It is a Grade A locally listed building. [2] It was designed by Sidney Stott and W. W. Gibbings in the 1920s. [3] The building's use was the storage of tyres and was called Base stores.
The 15th century Old Crown, originally the hall of the Guild of St John, Deritend, is the sole surviving secular building of the medieval town.. Although place-name evidence indicates that Birmingham was established by the early 7th century, [3] the exact location of the Anglo-Saxon settlement is uncertain and no known trace of it survives. [4]
The building is representative of the Classical Revival style of architecture, and because it is a continuing symbol of the Federal presence in Birmingham. With its sleekness and lack of ornate embellishment, the Birmingham Federal Building was a precursor to the more conservative Classicism exhibited in the Federal Buildings of the 1930s.
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in Birmingham, West Midlands" The following 126 pages are in this category, out of 126 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
City expands to include Ensley, North Birmingham, Pratt City, Woodlawn. [2] Birmingham Terminal Station [3] and Empire Building [citation needed] constructed. 1910 - Population: 132,685. [11] 1912 - John Hand Building constructed. 1913 - City Federal Building constructed. 1916 October 18: 1916 Irondale earthquake. Robert E. Lee Klan No.1 formed ...
It was designed by Birmingham architect William C. Weston and is "one of the best examples of the Beaux Arts style in Birmingham". Also the "building is strongly associated with a major early newspaper in Birmingham—The Age-Herald. It was constructed to house the paper shortly after its creation in 1909 from a merger of The Iron Age and The ...
The area was cleared by the council in the 1920s to form the open space of what is now Centenary Square. The first building to be completed was the Hall of Memory and its associated colonnade in 1925, to facilitate this the southern arm of
By the war's end 2,241 citizens had been killed by the bombing and over 3,000 seriously injured. 12,932 buildings were destroyed (including 300 factories) and thousands more damaged. The air raids also destroyed many of Birmingham's fine buildings. The council declared five redevelopment areas in 1946: [260] Duddeston and Nechells; Summer Lane ...