Type Office Opening 1929 Floor count 18 Opened 1929 Construction started 1928 | Completed 1929 Roof 120 feet (37 m) Height 72 m Floors 18 Lifts/elevators 5 | |
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Location 56 Saint Joseph Street, Mobile, Alabama Architecture firm Graham, Anderson, Probst & White Similar Wachovia Building, RSA–BankTrust Building, Mobile Government Plaza, Van Antwerp Building, National African American | ||
The Regions Bank Building, previously known as the Merchants National Bank Building and the First Alabama Bank Building, is a high-rise in the U.S. city of Mobile, Alabama. Completed in 1929, the building rises 236 feet (72 m) and 18 stories. Upon its completion, the Merchants National Bank Building became the tallest building in Mobile, the seventh-tallest building in the state of Alabama, and the tallest skyscraper in the state outside Birmingham. The building remained the tallest in the city until the completion of the RSA–BankTrust Building in 1965. The Regions Bank Building now stands as the 6th-tallest building in Mobile.
Map of Regions Bank Building, Mobile, AL 36602, USA
The Regions Bank Building, designed by Chicago-based architectural firm Graham, Anderson, Probst & White, is an example of Art Deco architecture. It has a distinctive copper-plated pyramidal roof structure; the height to the base of the pyramid is 190 feet (58 m).