Tennessee Coal & Iron Company, Flint Ridge Building, Flint Ridge Road, Fairfield, Jefferson County, AL. Surveyed as HAER ALA,37-FAIRF,2-, with a 280-word written history.
“Tennessee Coal & Iron Company, Flint Ridge Building, Flint Ridge Road, Fairfield, Jefferson County, AL”
Survey record header. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HAER program as HAER ALA,37-FAIRF,2- · the record runs 280 words · one of 208 surveyed structures published for this county.
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Source document Quoted word for word from HAER ALA,37-FAIRF,2-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
Flintridge Road on hill, overlooking plant of TCI-U.S. Steel-U.S.X.'s Fairfield works in Fairfield, Jefferson County, Alabama. Date of Construction: Architects: Holabird, Root and Burgee, & Jack B. Smith Contractors: Daniel Construction Company Description: This five-story tan brick international style building makes extensive use of stainless steel for both structural and decorative purposes. Proj ect Information: This report is based upon written documentation donated by the Birmingham Historical Society reformatted to HABS/HAER guidelines.
Historical Overview
In TCI moved its main headquarters from the Brown-Marx Building, in Birmingham's City Center, to this hilltop site on Flint Ridge overlooking the Fairfield Works. The Chicago architectural firm of Holabird, Root and Burgee designed the $6 million facility for employees. John W. Galbreath and Company, a Columbus, Ohio real estate and land management firm, financed construction of the office complex through the Flint Ridge Development Company, which leased the structure to U.S. Steel. Source Consulted: White, Marjorie, The Birmingham District, pp. 97, 125
| Fairfield, Alabama | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Jefferson County, Alabama | 218 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal surveyors worked through Fairfield building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Fairfield | HAER ALA,37-FAIRF,1- | 1,877 words | |
| Tennessee Coal & Iron Company | HAER ALA,37-FAIRF,3- | 1,743 words | |
| U.S. Steel | HAER ALA,37-FAIRF,3B- | 51 words | |
| U.S. Steel | HAER ALA,37-FAIRF,3C- | 51 words | |
| U.S. Steel | HAER ALA,37-FAIRF,3A- | 48 words |
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