The John Herbert Phillips High School Birmingham, Alabama

Office of Archaeological Research
Aspect: The plaster relief sculptures along
the wall of the front corridor, like the
murals, are meant to inform and reinforce
the position of the school as a center of
learning in the city.
Recommendations: These sculptural reliefs
should be retained. Due to their fragile
nature they should be protected during
construction
Aspect: The marble wainscoting along the
front corridor adds an elegant finish to the
interior of the school.
Recommendations: This marble wainscoting
should be retained and cleaned.
Aspect: The original, finely detailed, plaster
crown molding is largely still intact and
hidden above the dropped ceiling of the
corridors.
Recommendations: The dropped ceiling
should be removed to expose the molding.
Utilities and the like can be redirected
through conduits, etc. suspended from the
exposed older ceiling. Lighting fixtures can
also be suspended in a like manner. This
approach is similar to that used at the
Phoenix Lofts.
John Herbert Phillips High School Birmingham, Alabama
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