24th Street North: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 08:57, 29 October 2019

Between 1st Avenue North and 4th Avenue South, 24th Street is part of U.S. Highway 78. Until the 1970s, U.S. Highway 31 came into the city from the north down 26th Street North as it does now, but came over two blocks on 8th Avenue North to 24th Street. The highway then followed 24th south to 7th Avenue South.

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 24th Street North category.

Railroad Reservation/24th Street Viaduct (road continues south as 24th Street South)
- 19: Birmingham Tool and Improvement Works (1887), Allen & Atkinson (1887)
- 20: The Franklin condominiums, former location of Franklin, Stiles & Franklin wholesale grocer (1913-), Whitaker Paper Co. (1926), Whitaker Lofts, Wooten Lofts
1st Avenue North intersection
- west side:
  - 100: former location of fruit stand (1891)
  - 102: former location of Guarantee Awning & Tent Co. (1925)
  - 108: former location of cobbler (1891), Reese Carriage Co. (1896)
  - 110: former location of carpenter shop (1891), L. Vadeboncoeur (1896)
  - 112-114: 114 24th Street North (built c. 1910)
    - 112: Queen's Park bar (November 2018-), former location of J. W. Collins & Co. grocery store (1887), saloon (1891), J. P. Swift (1904), Exchange Auto Shop (1923)
    - 114: former location of "negro restaurant" (1891), Entertainer's Club (1984), Bomb Shelter (1993–2008)
      - 114B: former location of Iron Workers Shopmen Local Union No. 539 (1984)
  - 130: former location of Parks & Fleming (1896)
- east side:
  - 101: United Trophy & Specialties (1965-), former location of saloon & pool hall (1891)
  - 109: vacant lot, former location of Birmingham Food Park (2017-2018)
  - 113: former location of saloon (1891)
  - 127: former location of marble works (1891)

3rd Avenue North intersection
- west side:
  - 312: former location of Birmingham Awning & Tent Works (1904)
- east side: Birmingham Post Office
  - 315: former location of Weaver Brothers auto mechanics (1929)
  - 318: former location of Andrew Dyson grocer (1887)
4th Avenue North intersection (west only)
- west side:
  - 410: former location of Hodges & Brooks (1896)
  - 414: former location of A. A. Vitellaro shop (1927)
  - 416: former location of J. E. Lumpkin grocer (1887)
- east side:
  - Birmingham Post Office
5th Avenue North intersection
- west side: Park Place (Hope VI project)
  - 512: former location of S.D. Moore grocer (1887)
- east side:
  - Powell School (built 1888)
6th Avenue North intersection
- west side:
  - Park Place (Hope VI project)
- east side: Marconi Park
Park Place intersection (west only; one-way east)
- east side: Marconi Park
7th Avenue North intersection
- west side: Park Place K-8 School and John Herbert Phillips Academy
- east side
  - YMCA Youth Building
  - YMCA running track
  - 731: former location of J. R. Copeland residence (1896)
Reverend Abraham Woods, Jr Boulevard intersection
- 817: Chasers Sports Bar, former location of William Banks restaurant (1928)
- 818: former location of Samuel Brown restaurant (1904)
Interstate 20/59 underpass

Interstate 20/59 underpass
- 930: former location of Lena Belena restaurant (1928)
Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North (10th Avenue North) intersection
- former location of Magic City Chewing Gum Factory (1888)
- East side: I-20/59 exit ramp
11th Avenue North intersection
- 1115: former location of Luquire Undertaking Company (1934)
12th Avenue North intersection
- 1200: former location of Qwik Mart
- 1231: Galilee Baptist Church
13th Avenue North intersection
- 1300: St James Missionary Baptist Church (founded 1890)
23rd Street North intersection (road ends)

19th Avenue North intersection (road continues from Fred L. Shuttlesworth Drive to the south)
- 2216: M-1 Food Mart
- 2219: Angel Foods
Valley Creek bridge
- 2501: former location of Julius Tunstell barber shop (1927)

Village Creek bridge
Finley Boulevard intersection
- 2700: Former site of Preston Motors Plant No. 2
- 2900 block: Piggly Wiggly
33rd Avenue North intersection
- 3312: former location of R. R. Hinton grocer (1925)
- 3618: Yum Yum Tree‎
- 3900: Carver High School (former site of Mineral Springs Park and North Birmingham Golf Course)
41st Avenue North intersection (road continues north as 23rd Lane North)

U. S. Highway 31 in Birmingham
	North side	South side
Current route	Carraway Blvd · Elton B. Stephens Expressway	Elton B. Stephens Expressway
Previous routes	8th Avenue N · 24th Street N	24th Street S · 7th Avenue S · 20th Street S · 21st Street S

@@ Line 26: / Line 26: @@
 *** 113: former location of saloon (1891)
 *** 127: former location of marble works (1891)
 * [[2nd Avenue North]] intersection
 ** west side:
@@ Line 34: / Line 35: @@
 *** 214: [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 4]] (retired), former location of the [[Downtown Masonic Temple Association]] (1969-), [[Owens & Woods Partnership]] (1981–?), [[Sheppard Harris and Associates]] (2010–present)
 ** east side:
-*** Gated parking lot for [[Gallery Lofts]] (former site of [[Hotel Jefferson]] and [[Star Super Market]])
+*** 201-211: former location of the [[Wood Building]] (built early 1900s)
-*** 213: [[Jackson Hotel]]
+**** 201-207: Gated parking lot for [[Gallery Lofts]]
-**** former location of a weed and feed store (1930s)
+***** 201: former location of [[Star Super Market]] (1950s)
-*** [[Jimmie Hale Mission]]
+***** 205: former location of [[Eagle Hotel]] (1903), [[Hotel Jefferson]], [[Vulcan Hotel]] (1941)
+**** 209-211: [[Gallery Lofts]] (side)
+*** 213-215: private residence, former location of [[Jackson Hotel]], proposed location of [[New Vulcan Ale House]]
+*** 217-231: former location of a weed and feed store (1930s), [[Jimmie Hale Mission]] (-2007)
 * [[3rd Avenue North]] intersection
 ** west side: