Type Office Opening 1908 Floor count 11 Opened 1908 Lifts/elevators 1 | Completed 1907 Roof 120 feet (37 m) Height 37 m Floors 11 | |
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Similar RSA–BankTrust Building, Regions Bank Building, Wachovia Building, RSA Battle House Tower, National African American | ||
Bbva compass bank to move into restored van antwerp building
The Van Antwerp Building is a high-rise in the U.S. city of Mobile, Alabama. Completed in 1907, the building rises 11 stories and was the first skyscraper in the city. It is regarded as the first reinforced concrete skyscraper in Alabama and the Southeastern United States. The 120-foot (37 m) structure now stands as the 8th-tallest building in Mobile.
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- Bbva compass bank to move into restored van antwerp building
- Map of Van Antwerp Building Mobile AL 36602 USA
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Map of Van Antwerp Building, Mobile, AL 36602, USA
The building, an example of Beaux-Arts architecture, was designed by architect George Bigelow Rogers for Garet Van Antwerp, a wealthy Mobile druggist. The tower was built to house his pharmacy store, which remained in operation on the building's ground floor until the 1960s.
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Van Antwerp Building Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA