24th Street North

Twenty-fourth Street North is a north-south street running from the 24th Street Viaduct over the Railroad Reservation in the Central City neighborhood to 23rd Street North, just north of 15th Avenue North. The road then resumes from Fred L. Shuttlesworth Drive at 19th Avenue North and continues to 41st Avenue North in North Birmingham.

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.

Notable locations

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

Central City neighborhood

• Railroad Reservation/24th Street Viaduct (road continues south as 24th Street South)
  • viaduct crosses over Morris Avenue
  • 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 intersects
  • west side (Block 104):
    • 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)
    • 116–130: two-story commercial building (built c. 1904), Custom Screen Printing, former location of Jack Daniel Distributing Company, Jack's Auto Supply Co. (1964-1984)
      • 130: former location of Parks & Fleming (1896)
  • east side (Block 103):
    • 101–107: United Trophy & Specialties (1965-)
      • 101: former location of saloon & pool hall (1891)
    • 109: vacant lot, former location of Birmingham Coca-Cola Bottling Co. (1902), Birmingham Food Park (2017-2018)
    • 111–127: two-story commercial building, Burgess Interiors
      • 113: former location of saloon (1891)
      • 127: former location of marble works (1891)

• 2nd Avenue North intersects
  • west side (Block 82):
    • 200-212: 2nd Row
      • 200: Zarzaur Law Firm
      • 204: former location of Alexander Hiram restaurant (1904)
      • 210: former location of Gorman Pet Shop (1934), Clayton Cafe (1941)
      • 212: Asthetik Bham, former location of Jason Wallis Photography, Feast & Forest (2015-2018)
    • 214: Birmingham Fire Station No. 4 (built 1926), former location of the Downtown Masonic Temple Association (1969-), Owens & Woods Partnership (1981–?), Sheppard Harris & Associates (2010–present)
  • east side (Block 81):
    • 201-211: former location of the Wood Building (built early 1900s)
      • 201-207: gated parking lot for Gallery Lofts
        • 201: former location of Star Super Market (1950s)
        • 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 intersects
  • 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 intersects (west only)
  • west side (Block 56):
    • 408: former location of Birmingham Beverage Co. (1909)
    • 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 (Block 55):
    • 401–431: Birmingham Post Office

• 5th Avenue North intersects
  • west side (Block 51):
    • 512: former location of S.D. Moore grocer (1887)
    • 514–530: Powell School (built 1888)
  • east side (Block 52):
    • 501–531: Park Place Apartments (built 2004), former location of Metropolitan Gardens (built 1940, demolished 2002)

• 6th Avenue North intersects
  • west side (Block 30):
    • 600–606: Park Place Apartments (built 2004), former location of Metropolitan Gardens (built 1940, demolished 2002)
    • 608–614: playground and chimney
    • Park Place intersects (west only; one-way east)
    • 616–630: Park Place Apartments (built 2004), former location of Metropolitan Gardens (built 1940, demolished 2002)
  • east side (Block 29):
    • 601–631: Marconi Park (originally East Park, 1873–)

• 7th Avenue North intersects
  • west side: Park Place K-8 School / Phillips Academy (2007–), formerly Phillips High School (built 1923, closed 2002)
  • east side
    • YMCA Youth Building
    • YMCA running track
    • 731: former location of J. R. Copeland residence (1896)

• Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard intersects
  • west side
    • 800: one-story commercial building (burned December 2020)
    • 818: former location of Samuel Brown restaurant (1904)
  • east side
    • 801–807: parking lot
    • 809: one-story commercial building
    • 817: Chasers Sports Bar, former location of William Banks restaurant (1928), Tally-Ho Club (Jimmy Siragusa 1962)

• Interstate 20/59 underpass

Druid Hills

• 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)

Evergreen

• 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)

North Birmingham

• 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)