 Click image to enlarge. | The Montgomery Theatre Building, also known as the Webber Building, (ca. 1858) was nominated by Old Alabama Town/Landmarks Foundation with the consent of the City of Montgomery, which owned the building briefly in an effort to broker a deal to insure its preservation. |
The antebellum brick theatre building located two blocks from Court Square suffered the collapse of one three-story exterior brick wall in 2014 during renovation efforts that were subsequently stalled. The building was stabilized but the gaping hole constituted a public safety hazard. In April, the City sold the building for $1 to the developers of adjacent historic properties with the expectation that the developers will deconstruct the historic fabric of the building and salvage everything possible, including the building’s historic footprint. Plans for the corner property include adaptation to an open plaza or courtyard that will improve access to, and emergency egress from, otherwise land-locked historic structures that are under renovation in the core of Montgomery’s historic downtown.
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