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** 1400: [[Edwards Chevrolet]]
** 1400: [[Edwards Chevrolet]]
** 1501: [[Firehouse Shelter]]
** 1501: [[Firehouse Shelter]]
* Intersection of [[17th Street North]]
 
** former location of [[Modern Sign Company]]
* [[16th Street North]] intersection
** 1601: [[Etheridge Brothers Barber & Style]] No. 1
** North side ([[Block 70]])
* Intersection of [[17th Street North]]
*** 1600: former location of [[Modern Sign Company]]
** 1713: Check Holders LLC
*** 1630: former location of the [[Mecca Hotel]] (candy shop and cafe)
** 1715: [[Chesterfield Company]] / [[E-Z Finance Co.]]
** South side ([[Block 89]])
** 1716: former location of [[Shanghai-Low Cafe]]
*** 1601: [[Etheridge Brothers Barber & Style]] No. 1
** 1717: former location of [[First City Mortgage]]
*** 1631: former auto storage garage
** 1718: former location of [[Little Venice]] restaurant
 
* Intersection of [[18th Street North]]
* [[17th Street North]] intersection
** 1800 block, south side: [[Alabama Walk of Fame]]
** North side ([[Block 71]])
** 1800-1808: [[Lyric Building]]
*** 1700: former location of [[Pantage's Theatre]]
*** 1800: [[Lyric Theatre]] lobby
*** 1708: former parking lot
*** 1802: building entrance
*** 1710: former location of [[R. F. Cain Furniture]]
*** 1804: [[First City Mortgage]], former site of [[House of $8.50 Eyeglasses]]
*** 1712: former location of [[Bagley's Gas Appliance]]
*** 1806: [[Place Design Studio]]
*** 1716: former location of [[Shanghai-Low Cafe]]
*** 1808: [[Lyric Hot Dogs]]
*** 1718: former location of [[Little Venice]] restaurant
** 1808-1810: [[Majestic Theatre]] building
*** 1720: former location of a pawn shop
*** 1730: former location of [[Calder Furniture]]
** South side ([[Block 88]])
*** 1701: former location of lunch room
*** 1703: former location of [[Hotpoint Electric Supplies]]
*** 1709: former location of [[Joyce Motorcycle Company]]
*** 1711: former location of [[Gluck Hat Cleaning]]
*** 1713: Check Holders LLC, former location of a music school
*** 1715: [[Chesterfield Company]] / [[E-Z Finance Co.]], former location of a print shop
*** 1717: former location of [[First City Mortgage]]
*** 1723: former location of [[Regal Beauty Equipment]]
*** 1725: former location of [[Seals Piano Company]]
*** 1727: former location of hat cleaners
*** 1729: former loan office
*** 1731: former location of [[Jimmie's Soda and Cigar]]
 
* [[18th Street North]] intersection
** North side ([[Block 72]])
*** 1800-1808: [[Lyric Building]]
**** 1800: [[Lyric Theatre]] lobby and building entrance
**** 1804: [[First City Mortgage]], former site of candy shop, [[House of $8.50 Eyeglasses]]
**** 1806: [[Place Design Studio]], former loan office
**** 1808: [[Lyric Hot Dogs]], former location of [[Lollard's Cafe]]
*** 1810: former site of [[Majestic Theatre]], [[Joiner Furniture]], [[Epp's Jewelry]]
*** 1812: former shoe shine parlor and lunch counter
*** 1814: former shooting gallery
*** 1816: former location of [[Dailey's Clothes]]
*** 1818: former location of [[Duke Brothers Furniture]], [[Cable Piano Company]]
*** 1818: [[The Playhouse]]
*** 1820: former location of [[Kilgore Furniture]]
*** 1824: former ladies' clothier
*** 1826: former location of [[Dan Cohen Shoe Store]]
** South side ([[Block 87]])
*** [[Alabama Walk of Fame]]
** 1801-1811:  [[Goldstein building]]
** 1801-1811:  [[Goldstein building]]
*** 1801: former headquarters of [[City Action Partnership]]
*** 1801: former drug store, headquarters of [[City Action Partnership]]
*** 1803: former millinery shop
*** 1805: former children's clothier
*** 1807: former millinery shop
*** 1809: former furrier
*** 1811: [[Hill Arts Center]]
*** 1811: [[Hill Arts Center]]
** 1810: former location of [[Epp's Jewelry]]
*** 1813-1817: [[Alabama Theatre]] building
** 1813-1817: [[Alabama Theatre]] building
**** 1813: office space
*** 1813: office space
**** 1815: former storefront (now used only for displays)
*** 1815: former storefront (now used only for displays)
**** 1817: Alabama Theatre proper
*** 1817: Alabama Theatre proper
*** 1819: former [[Loveman's Annex]], now part of [[McWane Science Center]]
** 1819: former [[Loveman's Annex]], now part of [[McWane Science Center]]
*** 1821-1831: [[McWane Science Center]] (former [[Loveman's Building]])
** rest of block: [[McWane Science Center]] (former [[Loveman's Building]])
 
** 1816: former location of [[Cable Piano Company]]
* [[19th Street North]] intersection
** 1818: [[The Playhouse]]
** North side ([[Block 73]])
* Intersection of [[19th Street North]]
*** 1900-1914: [[Atrium Center]] (originally [[Burger-Phillips Centre]])
** 1900: [[S. H. Kress building]] (former site of the [[Wright Building]])
**** 1900: [[S. H. Kress building]] (former site of the [[Wright Building]])
** 1900-1914: [[Atrium Center]] (originally [[Burger-Phillips Centre]])
**** 1908: former location of [[Cobb's Ladies Clothing]]
** 1910: [[Atrium Building]] (former location of [[Sojourns]])
**** 1910: [[Atrium Building]] (former location of [[Sojourns]])
** 1911: [[New Williams Lofts]] (former location of [[New Williams]], previously [[House of Jacobs]])
**** 1912: former location of [[Burger-Phillips]] mens' department
** 1913: former location of [[Clark & Jones]] piano company
**** 1914: [[Crittenden Building]]/[[Burger-Phillips building]]
** 1914: [[Crittenden Building]]/[[Burger-Phillips building]]
*** 1918: former location of [[Dan Cohen Co.]], [[Hanover Shoe Company]]
** 1918: former location of [[Dan Cohen Co.]]
*** 1920: [[Speakeasy 1920]], former location of [[Chandler's Shoe Store]]
** 1919: former location of [[Bond Clothing]]
*** 1924-1926: [[Kessler Building]]
** 1920: [[Speakeasy 1920]], former location of [[Chandler's Shoe Store]]
**** 1924: former location of millinery shop
** 1921: former location of [[Newsome's]] candy store and [[The Vanity]] boutique
**** 1926: former location of [[Kessler's]] ready-to-wear
** 1923: [[Moore Solutions]] (formerly the [[Bonita Theater]], [[Rialto Theatre]], and [[Gift World]])
*** 1930: [[Blach's building]]
** 1924/1926: [[Kessler Building]]
**** 1932: former furrier
** 1929-1931: [[Farley Building]] ([[Brannon's]], former home of the [[Altrurian Society]])
**** 1924: former location of [[Wallock's]]
* Intersection of [[20th Street North]]
** South side ([[Block 86]])
** former location of [[Butler's Shoe Store]]
*** 1901: former location of [[F. W. Woolworth]]
** 2006: former location of [[Rye-Ola]] bottling plant
*** 1911: [[New Williams Lofts]] (former location of [[New Williams]], previously [[House of Jacobs]])
** 2008: [[Watts Building]]
*** 1913: former location of [[Clark & Jones]] piano company, [[Nisley Shoes]]
** 2009: former location of [[Hooper's Cafe]]
*** 1915: former location of [[Odum-Bowers and White Clothing Co.]]
** 2010: former location of [[Britling Cafeteria]] No. 3
*** 1919: former location of [[Bond Clothing]]
** 2012-2014: former location of [[House of Jacobs]] furniture store
*** 1921: former location of [[Newsome's]] candy store, [[The Vanity]] boutique, [[Maurice]] boutique
** 2017: [[Eubanks Mercantile building]], (formerly [[Hawthorn Gallery]],  [[Wallace Furniture]] and [[Amaro-Spencer Furniture]])
*** 1923: [[Moore Solutions]] (formerly the [[Bonita Theater]], [[Rialto Theatre]], and [[Gift World]]), former site of [[Guarantee Shoe Company]]
** 2021: [[O'Neill Building]] ([[Reed Books]]), former location of [[Economy Auto Stores]]
*** 1929-1939: [[Farley Building]], former home of the [[Altrurian Society]]
** 2024: former location of the [[Silver Pheasant Tea Room]] and [[Peddinghaus Studio]]
**** 1929: former hat shop
** 2025: [[Massey Building]] ([[Moe's Original BBQ]], [[Remon's]])
**** 1931: [[Brannon's]], former dress shop
**** 1933: building entrance
**** 1935: former location of [[Liggett's Drug Store]]
 
* [[20th Street North]] intersection
** North side ([[Block 74]])
*** 2000-2008: [[Watts Building]]
*** 2000: former location of [[People's Finance & Thrift]], [[Butler's Shoe Store]]
*** 2006: former location of [[Rye-Ola]] bottling plant, optician
*** 2008: building entrance
*** 2010: former location of [[Britling Cafeteria]] No. 3
*** 2012-2014: former location of [[House of Jacobs]] furniture store
**** 2012: former location of [[Empire Theatre]]
*** 2016: former location of Sherwin-Williams Paint Store
*** 2018: former location of [[Rhodes-Carroll Furniture]]
*** 2020: former location of Devoe and Reynolds Paint & Paper
*** 2020: former location of [[Molton, Allen & Williams]] real estate
*** 2022: former location of [[Avondale Building and Loan]]
*** 2024: [[Title Building]]
**** 2024: former location of the [[Silver Pheasant Tea Room]] and [[Peddinghaus Studio]]
** South side ([[Block 85]])
*** 2001: former location of [[Porter Clothing Company]] and newsstand
*** 2005: former location of [[Selby Shoe Company]]
*** 2009: former location of [[Hooper's Cafe]]
*** 2011: former gift shop
*** 2013: former location of [[Dupont Paint Company]]
*** 2015: former location of [[Acme White Lead & Color Works]]
*** 2017: [[Eubanks Mercantile building]], (formerly [[Hawthorn Gallery]],  [[Wallace Furniture]] and [[Amaro-Spencer Furniture]])
*** 2021: [[O'Neill Building]] ([[Reed Books]]), former location of [[Economy Auto Stores]] and [[Jefferson Home Furniture]]
*** 2025: [[Massey Building]]
**** 2025: building entrance, [[Moe's Original BBQ]]
**** 2027: former location of [[Investor's Syndicate]]
**** 2029: [[Remon's]], former cigar and soda shop
 
* Intersection of [[21st Street North]]
* Intersection of [[21st Street North]]
** former location of [[Bankers Mortgage Bond Company]]
** North side ([[Block 75]])
** 2100: [[One Concord Center]]
*** former location of [[Bankers Mortgage Bond Company]]
** 2109: former location of the [[Alabama Title & Trust Company]]
*** 2100: [[One Concord Center]], former parking lot
** 2113: former location of [[Warner & Smith]] undertakers and embalmers and the [[Downtown Bowling Center]]
*** 2120: [[St. Paul's Catholic Church]]
** 2119: former location of [[Brown-Rogers Wall Paper & Paint]]
** South side ([[Block 84]])
** 2120: [[St. Paul's Catholic Church]]
*** 2010: former location of the [[Jemison Building]] ([[Jemison Realty Company]], [[Jemison-Seibels Insurance Co.]])
** 2125: former location of [[Denman & Company]] realtors
*** 2109: former location of the [[Alabama Title & Trust Company]]
* Intersection of [[22nd Street North]]
*** 2113: former location of [[Warner & Smith]] undertakers and embalmers, [[Downtown Bowling Center]]
*** 2119: former location of [[Brown-Rogers Wall Paper & Paint]]
*** 2125: former location of [[Denman & Company]] realtors
 
* [[22nd Street North]] intersection
** 2201: [[Magic City Grill]]
** 2201: [[Magic City Grill]]
** 2208: [[M.A.C. Uniforms]]
** 2208: [[M.A.C. Uniforms]]
** 2217: former location of [[Lucky Strike Bowling Alley]]
** 2217: former location of [[Lucky Strike Bowling Alley]]
* Intersection of [[23rd Street North]]
 
* [[23rd Street North]] intersection
** 2300: former location of [[Hooper's Café]]
** 2300: former location of [[Hooper's Café]]
* Intersection of [[24th Street North]]
 
* [[24th Street North]] intersection
** 2403: former location of [[Jimmie Hale Mission]]
** 2403: former location of [[Jimmie Hale Mission]]


Revision as of 22:01, 22 September 2009

Third Avenue North is an east-west street running through downtown Birmingham. The westernmost section by that name ends at Center Street, although the road continues further west through as 3rd Avenue West. The easternmost section ends at 88th Street, just west of Roebuck Municipal Golf Course.

Third Avenue is continuous from Center Street to Carraway Boulevard (formerly 26th Street North). At that point, it is interrupted by the 2nd Avenue North off-ramp of the Elton B. Stephens Expressway and railroad tracks. The road is one way eastbound from 9th to 26th Street North. There is a short segment of 3rd on the west side of 28th Street North. The next segment curves from 29th Street northward to line up with 31st Street North across Messer Airport Highway.

The avenue does not appear again eastward until Forest Hills Cemetery next to the I-20/I-59 interchange. At this point, Richard Arrington, Jr. Boulevard North (formerly 10th Avenue North), becomes 3rd Avenue. Third then continues northeast with some gaps, notably at Trotwood Park, I-59, and East Lake Park, to 88th Street.

The two-way portion of 3rd Avenue from Center Street to 9th Avenue is five lanes wide. The one way portion is four lanes from 9th to 14th Street North and three lanes from 14th to between 24th and 25th Street. At this point, the left lane becomes an on-ramp for the Elton B. Stephens Expressway. Throughout the 1970s and most of the 1980s, this on-ramp was the northernmost point to get on the expressway as it did not connect to I-20/I-59 at that time. Third avenue continues as two lanes under the expressway to Carraway Boulevard. The rest of the road segments east of here are two lanes as well.

History

The initial commercial expansion on 3rd Avenue took place on the south side of the street during the 1880s between 20th and 21st Streets. Third Avenue was also where the first two county courthouses in Birmingham were built (at 21st Street). The courthouse attracted other development to the intersection where it was located, such as the Title Guaranty Building.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 3rd Avenue North category.

References

  • White, Marjorie Longenecker, ed. (1980) Downtown Birmingham: Architectural and Historical Walking Tour Guide, second edition. Birmingham: Birmingham Historical Society.
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