The Hassinger House on Birmingham’s Highland Avenue, dating from 1898, was designed for prominent Birmingham industrialist William H. Hassinger. Its turret, gables, verandah, and asymmetrical profile are characteristic of the Victorian Queen Anne style, while the porch’s Ionic columns and flat wall surfaces are classically inspired. Though it is one of the few Queen Annes remaining from Birmingham’s boom period, intense development pressures threaten the house, with one of its neighbors being a Ruby Tuesday restaurant. Though the house is restorable and appears to be sound structurally, the Hassinger house is only marginally maintained at present. As the property values increase in the area, so does the likelihood that this house will be torn down to make way for more lucrative commercial uses on the site.
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