14th Avenue South
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14th Avenue South is a street in Birmingham's Southside.
14th Avenue South begins at 10th Street South north of Glen Iris Park. The street jogs slightly north at 12th Street South and again at 14th Street South, where it runs along the south edge of Phelan Park. From there the street continues to 21st Way South, just short of the Elton B. Stephens Expressway. Caldwell Avenue in Highland Park was formerly a discontinuous section of 14th Avenue South.
MAX Transit Route 14 uses 14th Avenue South between 10th and 12th Street. The south side of 14th Avenue, between 15th and 18th Streets, is part of the Anderson Place Historic District.
Notable addresses
- 10th Street South intersection
- 1015 (formerly numbered 815): former location of Glen View Apartments (1941-1970)
- 1020: Glen Iris Baptist School
- 1038: Glen Iris Baptist Church Sunday School (1970)
- 1040: (formerly numbered 916): former location of Waverly Apartments (1941)
- 10th Place South intersection
- 1030: Glen Iris Baptist Church, WGIB-FM studios (2002-)
- 11th Street South intersection
- 11th Place South intersection
- 1131: former location of apartments (1970)
- 1135: former location of Neighborhood House day nursery (1970)
- Cullum Street intersection (north only)
- 1147: former location of Lewis Apartments (1970)
- 1149: former location of apartments (1970)
- 1153: former location of apartments (1970)
- 1155: former location of apartments (1970)
- 1157: former location of apartments (1970)
- 1159: former location of apartments (1970)
- 1167: former location of an apartment building (1941-1970)
- 12th Street South intersection (avenue jogs north)
- 1200: UAB Highlands (2006-), formerly South Highlands Infirmary (1910-1989), HealthSouth Medical Center (1989-2006)
- 13th Street South intersection
- 1301: former location of apartments (1970)
- 1325: WellHouse shelter (2011-)
- 13th Place South intersection
- 1332: former location of Elmonico Apartments (1970)
- 1340: former location of Silverado Apartments (1941-1970)
- 14th Street South intersection (avenue jogs north)
- Phelan Park, ZYP kiosk no. 31
- 1401: Parking lot for Dreamland Bar-B-Que, former location of apartments (1980's)
- 1427-1431: Dreamland Bar-B-Que (1993-)
- 1427: former location of Hooper-Allbritton Grocery Co. (1926-1941), Gibbs-Foster Drug Co. (1970)
- 1429: former location of Thompson Brothers (1926), William Cruce barber shop (1941), Kut N Kurl beauty salon (1970)
- 1431: former location of Robert Merrell clothes cleaner (1941), Pat's Barber Shop (1970)
- 15th Place South intersection
- 1501: Wilson Market
- 1509: former location of apartments (1970)
- 1521: former location of The Veranda apartments (1970)
- 16th Place South intersection
- 1600-1602: former location of Morris Apartments (1926-1970)
- 1608: former location of Baronne Apartments (1970)
- 1609: former location of Arion Apartments (1926-1970)
- 1620: Element 26 Apartments (2012-), formerly Highland Ridge Apartments (built 1970)
- 17th Street South intersection
- 17th Place South intersection (north only)
- 1720: former location of apartment building (1941-1970)
- 17th Way South intersection (south only)
- 1730: Prescott House
- 18th Street South intersection (south only)
- 1800: Birmingham Police Department South Precinct
- 1801: Children's Dental Center, former location of Poole, Pardue & Morrison architects (1961-1982), apartments (1970), Summit Medical Center (-2006)
- 1830: Andrew Duckett periodontist, former location of Dan Lowery & Joseph Dolce dentists / Stephen Kelly physician (1970)
- 19th Street South intersection
- 1900: Oasis, formerly the Robinson residence, offices of Walter McCoy / William Moughon physicians (1970)
- 1901: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Birmingham, former location of Mountainaire Tourist Home (1970)
- 1905: Burton Law Firm, former location of apartments (1941-1970)
- 1912: former location of Restful Woodview Tourist Home (1941)
- 1916: former location of apartments (1970)
- 1923: former location of the Frank Lathrop residence (built 1904, burned down 2014), used for medical offices (1947-), Douglas Clinic (1970), vacant (1970s-1990s), location of Employee Assistance Services (1990s), ADAC Community Counseling Center (2008-2014)
- 1925-1931: Legacy Community Federal Credit Union, former location of Glorianne Apartments (1970), Charles H. McCauley & Associates
- 1931: former location of B. B. Comer residence (1926)
- Cobb Lane intersection (north only)
- 20th Street South intersection
- former terminus of the South Highland Line and Red Mountain Railroad
- 2001: Gateway administrative offices
- 2012: Jefferson Alcoholics Foundation, former location of Bridge Studio Club (1970)
- 2026: former location of Madison Apartments (1926-1970)
- Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South intersection
- 21st Place South intersection
- 2118: former location of Boyd Tarpley dentist (1970)
- 2121: Complete Dental Care, former location of William Crandall / Jack Nolan dentists (1970)
- 2127: Avail Services, former location of Milner Snuggs dentist (1970)
- 2141: Steelcase Inc., former location of General Motors Acceptance Corp. (1970), Bodine (1982-2009)
- 2151: former location of The Kenwood apartments (1941-1970)
- 2160: Simon-Buck residence (built c. 1930), Frank S. Buck attorney, former location of Maxey Gabbert & Co. advertisers (1970)
- 2165: Bugge Law Firm, former location of Woody Thornton Refrigeration Repair (1970)
- 2170: Liddon Law Firm
- 21st Way South intersection (avenue ends)