Inglenook

Inglenook is a neighborhood in the East Birmingham community of Birmingham.

It is bounded to the north by the city of Tarrant across Jefferson Boulevard and Burgin Avenue. To the west Pinson Valley Parkway/Vanderbilt Road separates the neighborhood from Harriman Park. The southern end of Inglenook includes the western end of the Birmingham International Airport with East Birmingham and Kingston neighborhoods on the other side. The rest of the airport property to the east is in the Woodlawn neighborhood with a section of North East Lake abutting Inglenook on the northeast.

The Inglenook neighborhood is part of Birmingham City Council District 4 and is served by Inglenook Elementary School and Dudley Elementary School. Inglenook students formerly attended Tarrant High School but now go to Carver High School.

The neighborhood is the home of Inglenook Park, Inglenook Playground and the Inglenook Branch Library.

Inglenook is served by Birmingham Fire Station No. 23 on 40th Place North. The Inglenook Neighborhood Association is presided over by Joseph Brown.

The Beechwood subdivision is located in Inglenook.

History

Inglenook was once an independent municipality. In 1925 its mayor was T. B. Self and its board of aldermen included J. T. Sandlin, L. E. Ingram, W. J. Eaves, J. K. Johnson, and I. W. Cunliff.

In 1968 Inglenook was studied as part of a neighborhood analysis performed by the Birmingham Planning Commission. The report found mostly single-family homes with a few duplexes and apartments in the neighborhood. 5,253 of Inglenook's residents were white and 823 were non-white. The commission recommended stronger enforcement of zoning regulations and upgraded utilities for the neighborhood, along with selective demolition in the sections nearest the airport.

References

• Roberson, Peggy (June 19, 1968) "Most homes shadowed by industry." Birmingham News