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Coordinates: 33°29′9″N 86°46′21″W / 33.48583°N 86.77250°W / 33.48583; -86.77250
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Mountain Brook Estates Building
The building in August 2018
Mountain Brook Estates Building is located in Alabama
Mountain Brook Estates Building
Mountain Brook Estates Building is located in the United States
Mountain Brook Estates Building
Location2803 Cahaba Rd., Mountain Brook, Alabama
Coordinates33°29′9″N 86°46′21″W / 33.48583°N 86.77250°W / 33.48583; -86.77250
Built1928 (1928)
Built byL.E. Ford
ArchitectJesse W. Green
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No.03000232[1]
Added to NRHPApril 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. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ a b Nelson, Linda; Anderson, Christy (June 8, 2002). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Mountain Brook Estates Building". National Park Service. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
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