Thomas Jefferson Hotel

Thomas Jefferson Tower
Thomas Jefferson Hotel
Thomas Jefferson Hotel in 2008, with the now-gone signage for the defunct "Leer Tower" plan, and the stump of the Zeppelin mooring mast visible on the roof.
Former namesHotel Thomas Jefferson, Cabana Hotel
General information
Architectural styleSpanish revival
Address1623 2nd Avenue North
Town or cityBirmingham, Alabama
CountryUSA
Current tenantsN/A
Construction startedMay 1926
OpeningSeptember 7, 1929
Cost$2.5 million
ClientUnion Realty Company
OwnerBurt Ordorff
Height87.48 m (287.0 ft)
Technical details
Structural systemsteel
Floor count19
Design and construction
Architect(s)David Oliver Whilldin
Architecture firmN/A
Main contractorThe Foster-Creighton Company
Other information
Number of rooms350

Thomas Jefferson Tower, originally the Thomas Jefferson Hotel and then the Cabana Hotel, is a 19-story building on the western side of downtown Birmingham, Alabama. It was completed in 1929 as the 350-room Thomas Jefferson Hotel and is at 1623 2nd Avenue North. It has a tower in its roof intended to be a zeppelin mooring mast.