Tutwiler Hotel - 1914 - 1974
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Ballroom, Circa 1920, Card by E.C. Kropp.
1974 photo and April 2005 photo by Warren Reed.
The circa 1940 linen
postcard view at left is the typical uninspired vertical of a large
hotel. Occasionally a vertical would have smaller views of the interior
inset or even a map. Card published by E.C. Kropp. The middle photo is the aftermath of the partial implosion demolition in 1974. Next is the Regions Bank Building that replaced the Tutwiler.
The 450 room Tutwiler Hotel, under construction
in 1913 and best known of Birmingham's old hotels,
was demolished in 1974 by implosion. The Tutwiler name carries on at
the recently renovated Ridgely Apartment Building.
Ladies Waiting Room , Circa 1920, Card by E.C. Kropp.
The two postcard views at lower right are unusual in that they combine actual photos of the interior with artwork of the exterior.
Night multi-view, 1955 published by Curteich.
Gentlemen's Main Parlor. Mezzanine Floor. Published by Faulkner's Novelty, Birmingham, printed by C.T.Photochrome, 1914.
Main Dining Room on Tutwiler's First Mezzanine.
Published by Post Card Exchange, Birmingham, Alabama, circa 1918.
Circa 1955, was published by Dinkler Hotels.
Tutwiler lobby and fountain, circa 1920's. E.C. Kropp card, postmarked 1935.
