Address 228 East Holmes Avenue Floor count 12 Height 38 m Floors 12 Architectural style Art Deco | Country United States Floor area 34,000 sq ft (3,200 m) Opened December 1928 Town or city Huntsville Added to NRHP 22 September 1980 | |
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Alternative names Huntsville Daily Times Building
Huntsville Times Building Type Commercial office building; educational institution Similar Twickenham Historic District, Hotel Russel Erskine, Joe W Davis Stadium, Big Spring Park, Von Braun Center | ||
The Times Building is one of the oldest and tallest buildings in Huntsville, Alabama, USA. Standing at 125 feet (38 m), the twelve story skyscraper opened in December 1928 as the headquarters for The Huntsville Times. The building, which is primarily used for office space, is located at the intersection of Holmes Avenue and Greene Street on the north side of Downtown Huntsville. In 1980, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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Map of Times Building, Huntsville, AL 35801, USA
Tenants
J.F. Drake State Community and Technical College moved into the basement level of the building in January 2010 with seven classrooms (including two large computer labs) covering 10,000 square feet (930 m2).
History
Originally the building was only to have eleven floors, but a twelfth floor was added during construction when the builder of the Russel Erskine Hotel announced that it would have twelve floors. As a result of the extra floor being added during construction, the elevators do not reach the top floor.
The Huntsville Times occupied the building from the building's opening in 1928 until 1956 when it relocated to a new facility on Memorial Parkway.
From the 1970s until forced to relocate in the late 1980s, the building was home to two public radio stations, WLRH (in the basement) and the commercial radio station WAHR (which billed itself as broadcasting from "The Top of the Times").