13th Street South

13th Street South is a north-south street in Midtown and Southside Birmingham, within the Five Points South neighborhood. 13th Street South is separate from 13th Street North by the Railroad Reservation. It continues south from there, through the Parkside District and the UAB Campus, terminating at 17th Avenue South on the northern slope of Red Mountain.

Notable Locations (north to south)

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 13th Street South category.

Parkside District

• street begins at Railroad Reservation
  • west side:
    • 0–14: Foundry Yards apartments (built 2020)
      • 8: former location of Allied Van Lines / R. T. French Co. wholesale spices / Harris Transfer Co. / West Chemical Products / Sangamo Electric Co. (1970)
  • east side:
    • 1–15:

• Powell Avenue intersects (east only)
  • west side:
    • 16–30: Cottage Supply Company
  • east side:
    • 17–31: Baker's Row parking deck

• 1st Avenue South (formerly Avenue A) intersects
  • west side:
    • 100–114: Industrial Fire & Safety Equipment
    • 116–130: Northstar Wholesale
  • east side:
    • 101–111: Parkside Parking Lot (built 2018), former location of Building Materials Wholesale, Marjam Supply Co.
    • 113–131: BILT in Alabama, former location of Marx Brothers food brokers (1970), CM Sales & Associates (2011), Affordable Office Furniture Co. (2015)

• 2nd Avenue South (formerly Avenue B) intersects
  • west side:
    • 200–230: University Park offices & warehouses / Better Basics, former location of Motlow Distilling Company (1904–1908)
      • 220: former location of Joseph Avery (1970)
      • 222: former location of Willie Pope (1970)
      • 224: former location of Inez Long (1970)
      • 226: former location of Phillip Voltz (1970)
  • east side:
    • 201–231: University House apartments (built 2007)
      • 203: former location of Thorn Corp. warehouse (1970)

• 3rd Avenue South (formerly Avenue C) intersects (one way west)
  • west side:
    • 300–306: parking lot
      • 302: former location of Henry Hardley (1970)
      • 304: former location of Willie White (1970)
      • 306: former location of James Williams (1970)
        • 306 rear: former location of Mattie Tinsley (1970)
    • 308–330: Chevron gas station
      • 308: former location of William Harrell (1970)
        • 308 rear: former location of Jane Ellis (1970)
      • 310: former location of Miles McLemore
        • 310 rear: former location of Eula Smart (1970)
        • 310½: former location of Elnora Alford (1970)
        • 310½ rear: former location of Tom Norman (1970)
      • 318: former location of Homer Clatt (1970)
      • 320: former location of 12th Street Beauty Shop (1970)
  • east side:
    • 301–313: Cain Awning Co.
      • 313: former location of James Addie (1970)
    • 315–331: Tool-Smith Company
      • 315: former location of Katie Gilbert (1970)
      • 319: former location of Allie Powell (1970)
      • 321: former location of Sarah Ellis (1970)

UAB campus

• 4th Avenue South (formerly Avenue D) intersects
  • west side:
    • 400–430: UAB Parking Lot 15B, former location of Cameron-Lane School (1952), Lane School (1970), Lane Teacher Building (demolished 2011)
  • east side:
    • 401–405: Myers Properties office building
      • 405: Visions Beauty Salon, former location of Garfield Hill (1970)
    • 407: former location of Roy Price (1970)
    • 411–431: site of proposed 7-story student apartment building (2022), former location of Quality Press (2011)

• 5th Avenue South (formerly Avenue E) intersects
  • west side:
    • 514–530: UAB Parking Lot 15C
  • east side:
    • 501–513: UAB Parking Lot 15N
      • 501: former location of Rosie Lawson (1970)
      • 503: former location of Willie Davis (1970)
        • 503A: former location of Henry Beard (1970)
      • 509: former location of John Pruitt (1970)
      • 513: former location of William Wright (1970)
    • 515–531: UAB Steam Plant (built 2013)
      • 517: former location of Mrs Willie Davis (1970)
      • 519: former location of Daisy Sadler (1970)
      • 521: former location of Minnie Walton (1970)
      • 523: former location of Ray Franklin (1970)
      • 525: former location of Dorothy Bruce (1970)
      • 527: former location of Carl Warner (1970)

• 6th Avenue South (formerly Avenue F) intersects
  • west side:
  • east side:
    • 601–631: Bartow Arena (built 1988)
      • 617–619: former location of apartments (1970)

• no intersection at 7th Avenue South (formerly Avenue G)
  • west side:
    • 700–730: UAB Collat School of Business building / Blazer Pride Plaza (built 2018), former location of UAB Parking Lot 15A (demolished 2017)
      • 700: former location of Charlie Gross (1970)
      • 704: former location of Idella Harpe dressmaker (1970)
      • 708: former location of Theo Forrest (1970)
      • 7th Court South formerly intersected
      • 714: former location of Arthur Craig (1970)
      • 716: former location of Johnnie Williams (1970)
      • 720: former location of John Kendrick (1970)
      • 724: former location of Mary Polion (1970)
      • 726: former location of Betty Walker (1970)
  • east side:
    • 701–731: Campbell Hall (built 1978, expanded 1991)
      • 7th Court South formerly intersected
      • 713: former location of Mary Stubbs (1970)
      • 721: former location of James Gray (1970)
      • 723: former location of Ed McGrew (1970)
      • 725: former location of Peggy Henderson (1970)
      • 727: former location of Jessie Dudley (1970)
      • 729: former location of Eddie Collins (1970)

• University Boulevard (formerly Avenue H, 8th Avenue South) intersects
  • west side:
    • 800–818: 12th Street Deck (expanded 2010)
      • 802: former location of residence (1970)
        • 802A: former location of Samuel Wilson (1970)
        • 802B: former location of Thelma Jones (1970)
      • 814: former location of Thomas Williams residence (1909), Leona Cartwright (1970)
      • 818: former location of Ruby Williams (1970)
    • 820–824: Alabama Power Southside Distribution Substation
    • 828–830: UAB Parking Lot 15G
  • east side:
    • 807: former location of Annie Miller (1970)
    • 815: former location of Joe Lacey (1970)
    • 817: former location of William McFarland (1970)
    • 819: former location of Dennis Walker Jr (1970)

• no intersection at 9th Avenue South
  • west side:
    • 900–918: UAB Humanities Building (built 1972), former location of UAB Visual Arts Gallery (1974–2014)
      • 900: former location of apartment building (1970)
      • 904: former location of apartment building (1970)
      • 908: former location of apartment building (1970)
      • 912: former location of apartment building (1970)
    • 9th Court South formerly intersected
    • 920–930: UAB Hulsey Center
      • 920: former location of John Howard / Bessie Howard (1970)
      • 924: former location of Lucy Darby (1970)
      • 926: former location of apartment building (1970)
  • east side:
    • 901–905: UAB Mini Park
      • 901: former location of Ludie Webb (1970)
    • 907–919: UAB Education Building (built 1971)
      • 909: former location of Palace Apartments (1970)
      • 919: former location of apartment building (1970)
    • 9th Court South formerly intersected
    • 921–931: Mervyn H. Sterne Library (built 1973, expanded 1987)
      • 923: former location of Preston Smith (1970)
      • 927: former location of James Boston / William Shirley (1970)
      • 931: former location of apartment building (1970)

• 10th Avenue South intersects
  • west side:
    • 1000–1010: Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (built 2014)
      • 1000: former location of apartment building (1970)
    • 1012–1030: UAB Parking Lot 15D
  • east side:
    • 1001–1011: UAB National Alumni Society
      • 1001: former location of Gladys Patterson (1970)
        • 1001½: former location of Elvin Goggins (1970)
    • 1015: former location of John O'Rourke (1970)
    • 1029: former location of apartment building (1970)
    • 1075: UAB School of Engineering

• 11th Avenue South intersects
  • west side:
    • 1100–1140: UAB Hospital-Highlands (2006–), former location of South Highlands Infirmary (1910–1971), South Highlands Hospital (1971–1989), HealthSouth Medical Center (1989–2006)
      • 1108: former location of James Stinson (1970)
      • 1110: former location of Del-Mar Apartments (1970)
      • 1114: former location of Mennonite Voluntary Service Center (1970)
      • 1116: former location of Raymond Stubblefield (1970)
        • 1116½: former location of Lois Lane (1970)
      • 1124: former location of Drue Nichols (1970)
      • 1126: former location of Carlton Bryan / Linda Armstrong (1970)
      • 1138: former location of Robert Fletcher (1970)
      • 1140: former location of apartment building (1970)
  • east side:
    • 1105: former location of Hugh Adams (1970)
    • 1107: former location of Lucille Vest (1970)
    • 1109: former location of apartment building (1970)
    • 1111: former location of apartment building (1970)
    • 1113: former location of Cecil Bethea (1970)
    • 1115: former location of apartment building (1970)
    • 1117: former location of Robert Ackerman (1970)
    • 1119: former location of Bertha Kanakis (1970)
    • 1121: former location of Charlie Sharbel (1970)
    • 1123: former location of Joseph Tortomasi (1970)
    • 1125: former location of Joseph Gingold (1970)
    • 1127: former location of apartment building (1970)
    • 1129: former location of B & S Painting & Decorating Co. / Milton Stancil (1970)
    • 1131: former location of Stella Goff (1970)

• no intersection at 12th Avenue South
  • west side:
    • 1200–1230: UAB Hospital-Highlands
  • east side:

• no intersection at 13th Avenue South
  • west side:
    • 1300–1316: UAB Hospital-Highlands
    • 1318–1330: 1222 14th Avenue South building
  • east side:
    • 1301–1311: parking lot
    • 1313: UAB Orthopedic Specialties / UAB Center for Exercise Medicine
    • 1317: residence
    • 1321: residence

residential

• 14th Avenue South intersects
  • west side:
    • 1400: residence, former location of Jennie Harper (1970)
    • 1410: vacant lot, former location of Hershell Wingate residence (1970)
      • 1410A: former location of John Smith (1970)
    • 1414–1424: Lennox Apartments
      • 1416: former location of Economy Grill & Boarding House (Peter Cherpes 1970)
    • 1428: former location of Woodrow Mitchell (1970)
    • 1430: residence, former location of Joseph Holley (1970)
    • 1434: vacant lot
  • east side:
    • 1415: Cordelle Apartments (1970–)
    • 1417: residence
    • 1421: residence, former location of Louise Adams (1970)
    • 1425: residence, former location of Velma Summerville (1970)
    • 1429: residence, former location of Myrtle Norwood (1970)
      • 1429½: former location of Annie Jones (1970)

Cullum Street/12th Street South Historic District

• 15th Avenue South intersects (street jogs west)
  • west side:
    • 1500: John Rogers residence (built c. 1904), former location of Bill Elmore (1970)
    • 1504: Mellie Dillon residence (built c. 1910), former location of Fred Godbehere (1970)
    • 1506: W. A. Burns residence (built 1909)
    • 1508: Ezekiel Wall residence (built 1908), former location of Robert Johnson (1970)
    • 1512: Howell Graham residence (built 1906), former location of Woodrow Lohr (1970)
    • 1516: C. I. Baker residence (built 1904), former location of Joseph Habshey (1970)
    • 1518: W. N. Johnson residence (built 1906), former location of Walter Johnson (1970)
  • east side:
    • 1501: J. L. Welch residence (built c. 1907), former location of apartments (1970)
    • 1507: Charles DeBardeleben residence (built c. 1906), former location of Douglas Carroll Jr (1970)
    • 1509: apartment building (built c. 1980)
    • 1513: C. K. Ramsay residence (built c. 1906), former location of Lydia Powell (1970)
    • 1515: F. G. Alexander residence (built c. 1907), former location of Percy Booth (1970)
    • 1517: C. W. Austin residence (built c. 1905), former location of Dewey Ruffin (1970)

residential

• 16th Avenue South intersects
  • west side:
    • 1600: residence, former location of Lilla Irwin (1970)
      • 1600½: former location of Ruby Swindle (1970)
    • 1602: former location of Clifford Richardson (1970)
    • 1604: residence
    • 1612: residence
    • 1616: residence
    • 1620: residence, former location of Vivian Smith (1970)
    • 1622: residence, former location of apartments (1970)
    • 1624: residence, former location of Thomas Cox (1970)
    • 1632: residence, former location of apartments (1970)
    • 1636: residence, former location of James Noles (1970)
    • 1640: residence, former location of James Hageland (1970)
    • 1644: residence, former location of Henry Hageland (1970)
  • east side:
    • 1601: residence, former location of Mae Matthews (1970)
    • 1603: residence, former location of Wint Lovelady Jr (1970)
    • 1605: residence, former location of Arnold Margan (1970)
    • 1607: residence
      • 1607A: former location of William Graham (1970)
      • 1607B: former location of Leora Franklin (1970)
    • 1611: residence, former location of Myrtle Hart (1970)
      • 1611½: former location of D. W. Mills (1970)
    • 1615: residence, former location of Arcyr Kampakis (1970)
    • 1621: residence, former location of Lloyd Woodard (1970)
    • 1625: residence, former location of Alf Nelson / Ruby Hart (1970)

• street ends at 17th Avenue South