4 Alabama structures added to National Register of Historic Places
Updated Dec 19, 2020;
Posted Dec 19, 2020
The nearly 50-year-old AT&T City Center is shown against the dark sky during a thunderstorm in Birmingham, Ala. The skyscraper has been added to the National Register of Historic Places. (AL.com file)AL.com File
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BIRMINGHAM Four structures including a prominent Birmingham skyscraper have been added to the National Register of Historic Places from Alabama, according to the Alabama Historic Commission.
The 30-story, nearly 50-year-old AT&T City Center will join the list, which recognizes historic places that are worth saving. The building was known as the South Central Bell Building when it was finished in 1971 as corporate headquarters for South Central Bell and its five-state territory.
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Four Alabama sites added to the National Register of Historic Places
Updated Dec 15, 2020;
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Four Alabama buildings have been added to the National Register of Historic Places, a list of culturally and historically significant sites worthy of preservation, according to the Alabama Historical Commission.
The national register added Macon County High School in Notasulga, the Mobile Seamen’s Club Building, Firehouse No. 12 (Ashland Place Fire Station) in Mobile and the South Central Bell Building in Birmingham. Alabama has more than 1,250 places on the register, according to the commission.
“Through the advocacy of citizens and the Alabama Historical Commission, we hope these cultural resources and their legacies remain for generations to come,” said State Historic Preservation Officer Lisa D. Jones. “National Register properties in Alabama tell an incredibly rich and diverse story of how our citizens and state have changed the world,” said Lisa D. Jones, St