High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Van Antwerp Building is a high-rise in the U.S. city of Mobile, Alabama. Completed in 1907, the building rises 11 stories and was the first skyscraper in the city. It is regarded as the first reinforced concrete skyscraper in Alabama and the Southeastern United States. The 120-foot (37 m) structure now stands as the 8th-tallest building in Mobile.