Mountain Brook Estates Building

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]

Mountain Brook Estates Building
The building in August 2018
Location2803 Cahaba Rd., Mountain Brook, Alabama
Coordinates33°29′9″N 86°46′21″W
Built1928 (1928)
Built byL.E. Ford
ArchitectJesse W. Green
Architectural styleTudor Revival
NRHP reference No.03000232[1]
Added to NRHPApril 8, 2003

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. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 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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