19th Street South

This article is about the Southside Birmingham street. For the Homewood street, see 19th Street South Homewood.

19th Street South is a north-south street in Birmingham's Five Points South neighborhood. The street begins at the southern end of 19th Street North at the Railroad Reservation and the 19th Street underpass. From there continues south for 16 blocks, intersecting the UAB campus, to where it intersects with 15th Court South at the base of Red Mountain. It then takes a turn to the southwest and extends one block to a dead end at Valley View Park.

The road is four or five lanes wide from the 19th Street underpass down to 10th Avenue South, at which point it becomes a two-lane road.

Notable locations (north to south)

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 19th Street South category.

• Railroad Reservation and 19th Street underpass (continues north as 19th Street North)
  • west side:
    • Powell Avenue Steam Plant (built 1895)
  • east side:
    • Alabama Power Company substation

• Powell Avenue intersection
  • west side (Block 113C):
    • proposed "public urban plaza", former location of Birmingham Parking Authority Lot D (1975–2016)
  • east side:
    • Spire Midtown Business Center

• 1st Avenue South intersection
  • west side (Block 123):
    • 100-116: Midtown Center,Laboratory Corporation of America
      • 112: former location of Southern Stove Saw & Machine Co. (1932)
    • 118-130: ArchitectureWorks, SawWorks Studio
      • 118-120: former location of Birmingham Printing & Publishing
      • 122-130: former location of Birmingham Publishing Co. (1932)
  • east side (Block 122):
    • 101-117: Adamson Ford customer parking
      • 101: former location of cobble (1891)
    • 119-131: Adamson Ford service department

• 2nd Avenue South intersection
  • west side (Block 134):
    • 200-216: parking lot
      • 208-210: former location of duplex house (1891)
    • 212-222: HABD Building, former location of Wood Chevrolet (1932–1976)
  • east side (Block 135):
    • 201-213: parking lot
      • 203: former location of Zion Lutheran School (1932)
    • 215-223: 20 Midtown, Phase 2 / Publix (built 2017)

• 3rd Avenue South intersection
  • west side (Block 149):
    • 300-316: parking lot
      • 310: former location of I.M. Price grocer (1887)
      • 312½: former location of Frank Nettles restaurant (1932)
    • 320-330: Carriage Court apartments
      • 322: former site of grocery (1891), Rye-Ola bottling plant
      • 324: former location of Warrior Candy Co. (1925)
      • 330: former location of grocery store (1891)
  • east side (Block 148):
    • 301-303: Holy Trinity-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Cathedral (built 1949), former location of Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church (1899–1910), Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church (1910–1953), Holy Trinity-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox Church (1953-1977)
    • 307-313: Hellenic Orthodox Christian Center (built 1971), former location of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Education Center (1934-1970)
    • 315-331: Holy Trinity-Holy Cross Family Center (1994-) former location of City Market / Southside Fire Station (built 1885), Municipal Garage (1932)

• 4th Avenue South (formerly Avenue D) intersects:
  • west side:
    • 400-416: Mac's One Stop, Texaco station, convenience store and restaurant (1986-), former location of Southern Coupon Co. (1925), Exxon gas station (-1985)
    • 418-430: Courtyard by Marriott Birmingham Downtown
      • 400: former location of William Streeter restaurant (1932)
      • 430: former location of Acme Rug Cleaning (1932), Peerless Laundry (1932–1940), American-Peerless Laundry (1959)
  • east side (Block 161):
    • 401-431: Southside Station apartments & parking deck (built 1994)

• 5th Avenue South intersects (UAB campus begins):
  • west side:
    • 500–530: UAB North Pavilion / Wallace Tumor Institute
      • 520-530: former location of Roberts & Son printers (1949)
  • east side:
    • 501–531: UAB Central Plant No. 3
      • 519: former location of Meyer-Blanke Co. machinery (1932)
      • 527½: former location of Janral Brooks barber (1932)

• 6th Avenue South intersects:
  • west side:
    • Spain Wallace Building
  • east side:
    • 601: Quarterback Tower
    • 625: Jefferson Tower

• 7th Avenue South intersects:
  • west side
    • 700: Birmingham VA Medical Center, former location of Morton's Home Washing Service (1934)
  • east side
    • 701: Lyons Harrison Research Building, former location of Shiloh Baptist Church)
    • 703: Zeigler Medical Research Building

• University Boulevard intersects:
  • west side:
    • Shelby Biomedical Research Building, former location of Mortimer Jordan Hall (built 1960, demolished 2002)
      • 800: former location of Charles Varagona grocery (1932)
      • 828: 19th Street Parking Deck
      • 832: former location of Exchange-Security Bank (1973)
  • east side:
    • 801–831: University Boulevard Parking Deck, proposed site of University Tower (unbuilt)
      • 815: former location of Neighborhood House day nursery (1932)
    • 833–845: Bevill Biomedical Research Building, former location of Biomedical Sciences Building (demolished 1990)

• 9th Avenue South intersects:
  • west side:
    • 900: Southeastern Bio-Safety Lab, former site of UAB Bishop building (demolished in May 2006)
    • 904: former location of Thomas Molton residence (1902)
    • 906: former location of Bessie Whitfield boarding house (1957)
  • east side:
    • parking lot
    • 919: former location of John Pearson residence
    • 933: former location of Hillcrest Apartments (1932)
    • 937: former location of Newport Apartments (1932)

• 10th Avenue South intersects (exit UAB campus):
  • west side (Block 776):
    • 1000: Alabama Opthalmology Associates
    • 1006: William Robertson residence (built c. 1900), ArtPlay
    • Southside Baptist Church
  • east side (Block 771):
    • 1001–1013: Margaret Robbins Labor Center (Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union Mid-South Council, United Steelworkers Local 12030, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees Local No. 78)
    • 1017: parking lot
    • 1021: Birmingham Dental (Raphael Thornton & Elizabeth Booth)
    • 1023: parking lot
    • 1027–1031: 1-story retail strip
• 10th Court South intersects
  • west side:
    • Southside Branch Library (built 1996), former site of Thomas Parke residence (-1955), Parke Memorial Branch Library (1955-1996)

• 11th Avenue South intersects:
  • west side:
    • 1100–1108: U.S. Post Office South Highland Station parking lot
    • 1110–1112: Fitzgerald Apartment (built 1928)
      • 1110: Whitfield Flats (built 1905)
    • 1126: office building (built c. 1968), Buck and Phillips Oral Surgery (2023)
    • 1128: Maraware Apartments (built c. 1925)
    • 1130: vacant lot
  • wast side:
    • 1101–1111: Fred Jones building (built 1928), Fred S. Jones & Co. caterers (1928-1970), Golden Temple natural grocery (1975-) / Birmingham Festival Theatre (1973–)
    • 1113–1127: St Mary's-on-the-Highlands Episcopal Church (built 1891)

• 12th Avenue South intersects:
  • west side
    • Ramsay High School
  • east side
    • 1201–1211: AT&T Southside Exchange
    • 1213–1215: parking lot
      • 1215: former location of Mountain View Apartments (1932)
    • 1219–1231: vacant lot
      • 1219: former location of Crews residence (built c. 1902, demolished 2016)
      • 1231: former location of John Boddie residence (built 1887)

• 13th Avenue South intersects:
  • west side
    • 1320: Birmingham Police Department South Precinct
  • east side
    • 1301: Highland Apartments (built c. 1927)
    • 1309: J. H. Bingham residence (built c. 1900), former location of Cobb Lane Bed & Breakfast (2005–2020)
    • 1321: McCants residence (built c. 1888), Forge Breast Cancer Survivor Center (2020–)
    • 1325: Robinson Apartments (built c. 1920)

• 14th Avenue South intersects:
  • west side
    • 1400: Estes residence (built c. 1897), Orthopedic Group of Birmingham
  • east side
    • Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Birmingham

• 15th Avenue South intersects:
  • 1500: former location of Harry Wheelock residence (1932)

• 15th Court South intersects (east only; 19th turns southwest)
  • residential
• Road ends at Valley View Park