D.O. WHILLDIN; ALABAMA ARCHITECT. [David Oliver Whilldin.]

Shelby, Thomas Mark. Birmingham Historical Society. Robert O. Mellown; John M. Schnorrenberg (Forewords). [D.O. Whilldin - David Oliver Whilldin, 1881-1970.]

ISBN 10: 0943994330 / ISBN 13: 9780943994338

Published by Birmingham, AL: Birmingham Historical Society, 2009., 2009

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SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR. viii, 223 pages. Paperback: H 28cm x L 21.5cm. Glossy paper covers lightly rubbed. Author's ink signature "Thomas Mark Shelby" upon the half-title page (page i); interior pages are bright and clean. Binding retains some crispness. Laid-in at front cover is foldout single-sided b/w map titled "Alabama Architect D.O. Whilldin's Tuscaloosa Legacy Structure Tour" by Tuscaloosa County Preservation Society from Saturday, August 7, 2010. Please note that this book has an approximate shipping weight of 3.5 pounds (1.58 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail. {Arch-Shelf#2} ISBN 9780943994338.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: D.O. WHILLDIN; ALABAMA ARCHITECT. [David Oliver Whilldin.]
• Publisher: Birmingham, AL: Birmingham Historical Society, 2009.
• Publication Date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0943994330
• ISBN 13: 9780943994338
• Binding: Soft cover
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture

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Synopsis

This illustrated volume on the work of D. O. Whilldin documents the legacy of one of Alabama’s most accomplished architects. Born and trained in Philadelphia at Drexel Institute and the University of Pennsylvania, Whilldin practiced architecture in the growing cities of Birmingham, Gadsden, and Tuscaloosa from 1904 to 1962. His more than 400 projects include scores of municipal and county schools, civic and governmental structures, theatres, commercial buildings, and fine residences—in styles ranging from Beaux-Arts to International. This book represents the first study of this early 20th-century Southern architect, whose work transformed the cities in which he practiced. Still-standing Whilldin structures include Phillips High School, Ensley High School, the Dr. Pepper Plant, and the Sims-Florentine Building in Birmingham; the Merchants Bank and Trust (now the RBC Building), Tuscaloosa High School, and City Hall and Bama Theatre in Tuscaloosa; and the Pitman Theatre, Reich Hotel, and Litchfield and Mitchell schools in Gadsden.