Schiffman Building, Huntsville

Name: Schiffman Building
Address: Huntsville, United States

#59 among attractions in Huntsville

Romanesque architecture, Romanesque revival architecture

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The Schiffman Building is a historic commercial building in Huntsville, Alabama. The main structure of the building was built in 1845. Originally, it was a three-bay brick building divided by large, flat pilasters. The southern bay, at the corner of East Side Square and Eustis Avenue, was remodeled in the Richardsonian Romanesque style in 1895. The other two bays were demolished in the 1970s. Future Speaker of the U.S. House William B. Bankhead used the building as an office while he was Huntsville's city attorney from 1898–1902; his daughter, actress Tallulah Bankhead, was born in the second floor apartment. Issac Schiffman, a businessman and banker, purchased the building in 1905 and it has remained in the family since. ()

Coordinates: 34°43'49"N, 86°35'3"W

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Downtown HuntsvilleHuntsville United States

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Schiffman Building – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Von Braun Center, Weeden House Museum, Alabama Constitution Village, Randolph Street Church of Christ.

0.5 miSW
Sport venue, Convention center, Sport
Von Braun Center, Huntsville
12 min walk • The Von Braun Center, known as the Von Braun Civic Center until 1997, is a multi-purpose indoor arena, meeting, and performing arts complex, with a maximum arena seating capacity of 10,000, located in Huntsville, Alabama.
~610 ftE
Museum, Specialty museum, History museum
Weeden House Museum, Huntsville
3 min walk • The Weeden House Museum is a historic two-story house in Huntsville, Alabama. It was built in 1819 for Henry C. Bradford, and designed in the Federal architectural style.
~400 ftS
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Alabama Constitution Village, Huntsville
2 min walk • The Constitution Hall Park is a historical open-air museum in Huntsville, Alabama, that reenacts life in 1819. The eight buildings include a law office, print shop, land surveyor's office, post office, cabinetmaker's shop and residence. It was added to the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on October 31, 1975.
~220 ftN
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Randolph Street Church of Christ, Huntsville
2 min walk • The Randolph Street Church of Christ is a historic church in Huntsville, Alabama. It was built in 1887 in a Gothic Revival style similar to rural churches, but built of brick. Rather than a central entrance, the tower contains doors under pointed toplights on the sides, and a double lancet window joined under a pointed arch.
~190 ftS
34°43'47"N • 86°35'4"W
Harrison Brothers Hardware, Huntsville
1 min walk • Museum, Shopping
~910 ftNE
Synagogue, Sacred and religious sites, Church
Temple B'nai Sholom, Huntsville
5 min walk • Temple B'nai Sholom is a historic synagogue in Huntsville, Alabama. The Reform congregation was founded in 1876, with the current building dedicated November 26, 1899. It is the oldest synagogue building in continuous use in the state. It was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on July 29, 1977.
~190 ftE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Episcopal Church of the Nativity, Huntsville
1 min walk • Episcopal Church of the Nativity is a church in Huntsville, Alabama. It was built in the Gothic Revival style in 1859. It is noted as one of the most pristine examples of Ecclesiological Gothic architecture in the South.
~490 ftSW
Greek Revival architecture
First National Bank, Huntsville
3 min walk • The First National Bank is a historic bank building in Huntsville, Alabama. The temple-form Greek Revival structure was built in 1835–1836.
~870 ftS
Museum
Humphreys–Rodgers House, Huntsville
5 min walk • The Humphreys–Rodgers House is a historic residence in Huntsville, Alabama. Since its construction in 1848, it has been expanded and altered at least three times, saved from demolition twice, and moved once.
~870 ftE
Frat house
Helion Lodge 1, Huntsville
5 min walk • Helion Lodge #1 is a Masonic lodge in Huntsville, Alabama. It is the oldest operating lodge of Freemasons in the state. According to Grand Historian Joseph Abram Jackson's Masonry in Alabama, it is "the birthplace of Freemasonry in Alabama." Helion Lodge is also the common name for the building, built in 1911, where the lodge meets.
~620 ftS
Queen Anne architecture
Hundley House, Huntsville
4 min walk • The Hundley House is a historic residence in Huntsville, Alabama. The house was built in 1900 by Oscar Richard Hundley, a lawyer who served as City Attorney, State Representative, State Senator, and was appointed a judge to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama.

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Which popular attractions are close to Schiffman Building?

Nearby attractions include Harrison Brothers Hardware, Huntsville (1 min walk), Episcopal Church of the Nativity, Huntsville (1 min walk), Randolph Street Church of Christ, Huntsville (2 min walk), Elbert H. Parsons Law Library, Huntsville (2 min walk).

How to get to Schiffman Building by public transport?

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Greyhound (10 min walk)