The Tutwiler Hotel was built in 1914. Thearchitects were William Lee Stoddard andWilliam Leslie Welton.The lower floors were clad in limestone and provided with large, multi-story arched windows with deep balconies centered on each street facade. A full balustrade separated this ornate base from the relatively unadorned brick walls of the residential floors above. The penthouse was again clad in limestone and crowned with a deep, ornate cornice. The building was demolished on January 26, 1974. Click on each photo below to view additional images and information. Formerly catalogued as O-436.
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“The Tutwiler Hotel, Birmingham, AL” (catalogue P-20340) is an antique doorknob recorded in the Public Buildings/Seals category (Category P, Symbols, Logos, Words & Numbers) of the Antique Doorknob Collectors of America archive. It was made by Russell & Erwin, circa 1914. The pattern belongs to the Emblematic school of ornament.
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