15th Street North

15th Street North is one of the primary north-south streets on the western end of downtown Birmingham's business district.

The first two blocks of 15th Street have been vacated, so the street now begins at 2nd Avenue North and proceeds northward, below the I-20/59 downtown viaduct to 12th Court North, then jogs to the east to continue another block, ending at 13th Avenue North. Another fragment of 15th Street runs from 22nd Avenue North to Finley Avenue. There is also a cul-de-sac of homes on a section of 15th Street North accessed from 26th Avenue North. Another fragment picks up north of the ACIPCO plant at 32nd Avenue North and continues past 33rd Avenue North to an alleyway.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 15th Street North category.

• Railroad Reservation
• Morris Avenue (no intersection)
  • 30: former location of Ward Baking Co. (1939)

• 1st Avenue North (no intersection)
  • Innovation Depot (2007-), formerly Sears, Roebuck & Co. (built 1941, closed 1990)
    • 100-130: former location of Williamson Iron Co. (1891)
      • 100: former location of Williamson Iron Co. machine & pattern shop (1891)
      • 112: former location of Williamson Iron Co. brass furnace (1891)

• 2nd Avenue North intersection
  • west side (Block 91):
    • 200-208: Edwards Chevrolet car lot
      • 200: former location of grocery (1891)
      • 206: former location of dwelling (1891)
      • 208: former location of "colored Baptist church" (1891)
  • 2nd Alley North intersects
    • 210-230: Edwards Chevrolet service department
      • 210: former location of dwelling (1891)
      • 212: former location of dwelling (1891)
      • 216: former location of dwelling (1891)
      • 220-230: former location of dwelling (1891), Canon Tire Co. (1964)
  • east side (Block 90):
    • 201: Wellington's Bistro, former location of French Dry Cleaning plant (1922), Louzis Restaurant (August 1946-1964)
    • 221: Firehouse Shelter, former location of Birmingham Fire Station No. 6 (built 1905), Birmingham Amateur Radio Club, Birmingham Police Motor Pen garage, Civil Defense Rescue Squad storage (1964)

• 3rd Avenue North intersection (Civil Rights District begins)
  • west side (Block 68):
    • 300: Edwards Chevrolet, former location of 15th Street School (1883-1888)
  • east side (Block 69):
    • 301: former location of Edwards Chevrolet warehouse (1964), Nexus boutique and head shop
    • 305: former location of Birmingham Cola-Nip Bottliing Co. (Ben Peeples 1914)
    • 317: Birmingham Fire Station No. 6

• 4th Avenue North intersection
  • west side (Block 65):
    • 402: former location of Strong's Floral Shop (1939)
      • 402½: former location of Wallace Rayfield architect, Harrington Hood dentist / Square Deal Building Co. (1939)
    • 404:
      • 404½: former location of Wallace Rayfield architect
  • east side (Block 64):
    • 419: former location of Birmingham Tobacco Co. wholesale (1941)

• 5th Avenue North intersection
  • west side (Block 42):
    • 520: former location of T. J. Burke grocer (1887)
  • east side (Block 43):
    • 519: former location of Southern Burial Association insurers and funeral directors (1939)

• 6th Avenue North intersection
  • west side (Block 39):
    • 600: Disability Rights and Resources
    • 616: former location of Modern Beauty Shop (1939)
    • 620: Harris Early Learning Center
  • east side (Block 38):
    • 601: St Paul United Methodist Church, former location of First Congregational Christian Church (built 1911-destroyed by fire 1949)
    • 615: Poole's Funeral Chapels

• 7th Avenue North intersection
  • west side (Block 15):
  • 700: St John African Methodist Episcopal Church (1920s-, present building completed 1974)
  • 722: Melvin Humes insurance
  • east side (Block 16):
    • 701: Automotive Friction Material

• 8th Avenue North / Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard intersection (Civil Rights District ends)
  • west side (Block 12, former edge of Little Korea):
    • 800: former location of Burkes Brothers
    • 822: former location of Peoples Coal Company (1928), City Coal Co. (1939)
    • 824: former location of Annie Weinstein bottlers' supplies (1939)
    • 828: former location of Hardwood Charcoal Co. (1939)
    • 830: former location of Samuel Maniscaleo grocer (1939)
  • east side ([Block 11]]):
    • 801: DSW Converting Knives

• 9th Avenue North intersection
  • west side (Block 585):
  • east side (Block 586, western edge of CityWalk BHAM (2021-)

• 10th Avenue North

• 11th Avenue North
  • former location of Gammill Drug Company

• 12th Court North intersection
  • west side:
    • former location of Macedonia 17th Street Baptist Church (burned 2018)
  • east side:
    • 1231: former location of Laconia Court Apartments (1939)