Algernon Blair (August 6, 1873 - March 14, 1952) was a construction contractor in

Montgomery, Alabama Montgomery is the capital city of the U.S. state of Alabama and the county seat of Montgomery County. Named for the Irish soldier Richard Montgomery, it stands beside the Alabama River, on the coastal Plain of the Gulf of Mexico. In the 202 ...

. He worked on many government building projects including county courthouses and U.S. post offices. He was a member of The Thirteen, a literary and philosophical society. Several of his firm's buildings are listed on the U.S.

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. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. He corresponded with Alabama governor Benjamin Miller about a Civil Works Administration project to restore the state capitol. United States v. Algernon Blair, Inc. was a 1973 lawsuit regarding its breach of contract with a subcontractorhttp://lawschool.mikeshecket.com/contracts/unitedstatesvalgernonblairinc.html The United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit ruled against Algernon Blair.

Works

* Sidney M. Aronovitz United States Courthouse (1932),

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: Algernon Blair of Montgomery, Alabama was general contractor; Charles M. Pritchett was construction engineer. *

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(1938),

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: Algernon Blair of Montgomery, Alabama was the contractor. *

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(1929),

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: Frederick Ausfeld was the architect, and Algernon Blair the contractor. * Austin United States Courthouse,

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(1936), NRHP-listed * Beeville Post Office (built 1919), 111 N. St. Mary's St. Beeville, TX (Blair, Algernon), NRHP-listed * Bibb City Historic District, Roughly bounded by Chattahoochee River, Woodland Cir., 2nd Ave. and 35th St. Bibb City, GA (Blair, Algernon), NRHP-listed *

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(1931), Second St., Maxwell AFB

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(Blair, Algernon), NRHP-listed * Lowndes County Courthouse, Central and Ashley Sta.

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(Blair, Algernon), NRHP-listed * Luverne Historic District, Bounded by 1st, 6th Sts., Legrande, Glenwood, Folmar and Hawkins Aves. Luverne, AL (Blair, Algernon), NRHP-listed * Old Gulfport High School (Mississippi) (1923), 2010 15th Street,

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* Perry Post Office, Old (1935), 201 E. Green St.

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(Blair, Algernon, Construction Co.), NRHP-listed * Rockwood Post Office, 311 Mill St.

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(Blair, Algernon), NRHP-listed * Schley County Courthouse (1899), GA 26 Ellaville, GA (Blair, Algernon), NRHP-listed *

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, 104 Heber Ladner Dr.

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(Algernon Blair-Montgomery), NRHP-listed *

, 50 W. Chestnut St.

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(Blair, Algernon), NRHP-listed *

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, 1st and Everett Sts. Morgan City, LA (Blair, Algernon), NRHP-listed *

(1936), 382 S. Main St. Milan, TN (Blair, Algernon), NRHP-listed * US Post Office, Old--Ripley, 301 N. Main St. Ripley, MS (Blair, Algernon), NRHP-listed * US Post Office-Forest, 119 Second St. Forest, MS (Blair, Algernon), NRHP-listed * US Post Office-Hazlehurst, 130 Caldwell Dr.

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(Blair, Algernon), NRHP-listed

References

{{reflist Construction and civil engineering companies of the United States Companies based in Montgomery, Alabama