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* [[7th Avenue North]] intersection
* [[7th Avenue North]] intersection
** west side:
** west side ([[Block 22]]):
*** 700-730: [[Jefferson County Courthouse]]
*** 700-730: [[Jefferson County Courthouse]] (built 1931)
**** 726: former location of [[Henry Gray residence]] (1892)
**** 700–708: former location of large residence (1902)
**** 710: former location of dwelling (1902)
**** 712:  former location of dwelling (1902)
**** 714–720: former location of dwelling (1902)
**** 726–728: former location of [[Henry Gray residence]] (1892–1902)
*** 732–748: [[Jefferson County Courthouse|Jefferson County Courthouse Annex]] (built 1962)
**** 730–732: former location of dwelling (1902)
**** 734–736: former location of dwelling (1902)
**** 738–740: former location of dwelling (1902)
**** 742–744: former location of dwelling (1902)
**** 746–748: former location of dwelling (1902)
** east side:
** east side:
*** former location of [[First Christian Church]] and Education Building
*** former location of [[First Christian Church]] and Education Building
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* [[8th Avenue North]] / [[Reverend Abraham Wood Jr Boulevard]] intersection
* [[8th Avenue North]] / [[Reverend Abraham Wood Jr Boulevard]] intersection
** [[Birmingham Museum of Art]]
** west side ([[Block 6]]):
** [[Mel Bailey Criminal Justice Center]]
*** 800–834: [[Birmingham Museum of Art]] (built 1951)
**** 800–808: former location of store (1902)
**** 810–812: former location of dwelling (1902)
**** 814–816: former location of dwelling (1902)
**** 818–820: former location of dwelling (1902)
**** 822–824: former location of dwelling (1902)
**** 826–828: former location of dwelling (1902)
**** 830: former location of dwelling (1902)
**** 832: former location of dwelling (1902)
**** 834: former location of [[W. J. Lemp Brwwing Co.]] storage (1902)
** east side:
*** [[Mel Bailey Criminal Justice Center]] (built 1984)
 
 
* continues under [[I-20]]/[[I-59|59]]
** 913: former location of [[Yeilding's]] Farm Store (1957), [[Tieco Inc.]] (1970)
** 913: former location of [[Yeilding's]] Farm Store (1957), [[Tieco Inc.]] (1970)
* continues under [[I-20]]/[[I-59|59]]
** [[Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex]]
** [[Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex]]
** [[Sheraton Birmingham]]
** [[Sheraton Birmingham]]

Revision as of 20:39, 11 May 2020

View up 21st Street North from Southside in August 2007

21st Street North is a north-south street running through downtown Birmingham. The street begins as part of Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard, picking up at the middle of the Rainbow Viaduct over the Railroad Reservation. From there it continues north to the Birmingham-Jefferson Convention Complex, where it bends onto 10th Avenue North, onto which Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard continues.

21st Street North proper picks up again north of the BJCC, continuing through Druid Hills on a route that jogs to the east and west at several intersections before ending at 15th Avenue North. Another section picks up on the other side of F. L. Shuttlesworth Drive and bends to the southwest under I-65 to 18th Street North. Yet another section picks up again east of I-65 near Finley Boulevard and continues to just beyond 26th Avenue North, where it bends onto 26th Court North. It picks up again at 29th Avenue North and continues through a residential section of North Birmingham to the campus of Carver High School.

Electric lights were installed 21st Street North from the viaduct to 8th Avenue North in 1945 under the city's contract with the Birmingham Electric Company.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 21st Street North category.