at 105 Tallapoosa Street was a 1903 collaboration between architect Frank Lockwood and contractor Algenon Blair. The keystone arch theme almost gives it a whimsical feel. The Winter-Loeb wholesale grocery company was organized circa 1895 by immigrants Isaac Winter and his brother-in-law, Jacques Loeb. My wife’s grandfather, Edward Eugene Langham, was a traveling salesman for the company when he was a young man. Loeb’s grandson, Jimmy Loeb, was a co-founder of the Landmarks Foundation, which instigated “Old Alabama Town” historic district. The building is currently the home of the prestigious law firm Balch & Bingham, which for years had occupied the famous Winter Building on Court Square (no relation to this Winter).

-Charles Humphries