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* First post office: [[19th Street North|19th Street]] and [[3rd Avenue North]] | * First post office: [[19th Street North|19th Street]] and [[3rd Avenue North]] | ||
* First public school: [[Powell School]], [[24th Street North|24th Street]] and [[6th Avenue North]] | * First public school: [[Powell School]], [[24th Street North|24th Street]] and [[6th Avenue North]] | ||
===Buildings=== | |||
* First "house": [[William Nabers shop]], built in 1869 on what became [[1st Avenue North]] | |||
* First elevator: [[Caldwell-Milner Building]], [[1887]] (or possibly the [[Florence Hotel]], built in [[1883]]-[[1884]]) | |||
* First hydraulic elevator: [[Steiner Building]], [[1890]] | |||
* First "skyscraper": [[Woodward Building]], [[1902]] | |||
===Retailers=== | ===Retailers=== | ||
* First grocery store: [[Allen's Grocery]] (present site of [[Empire Building]]) | * First grocery store: [[Allen's Grocery]] (present site of [[Empire Building]]) | ||
* First dry goods store: [[F. E. Taylor]]'s Dry Goods ([[20th Street North|20th Street]] and [[3rd Avenue North]]) | * First dry goods store: [[F. E. Taylor]]'s Dry Goods ([[20th Street North|20th Street]] and [[3rd Avenue North]]) | ||
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===Services=== | ===Services=== | ||
* First bank: | |||
* First hotel: [[Relay House]] ([[1871]], present site of [[Two North Twentieth]]) | * First hotel: [[Relay House]] ([[1871]], present site of [[Two North Twentieth]]) | ||
* First school: [[Bryant's School]], [[21st Street North|21st Street]] and [[1st Avenue North]] | * First school: [[Bryant's School]], [[21st Street North|21st Street]] and [[1st Avenue North]] | ||
* First train: [[Alabama Central Railroad]] conducted by [[Porter Lewis]] pulled into Birmingham around 10:00 PM on [[November 6]], [[1871]] | * First train: [[Alabama Central Railroad]] conducted by [[Porter Lewis]] pulled into Birmingham around 10:00 PM on [[November 6]], [[1871]] | ||
* First hospital: [[Hillman Hospital]] | * First hospital: [[Hillman Hospital]] | ||
===Media=== | ===Media=== | ||
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===Sports=== | ===Sports=== | ||
* First Olympic event: [[1996 Olympic soccer|Olympic soccer]], [[1996]] | |||
* First title boxing match: [[Wilder vs. Molina]], [[June 13]], [[2015]] at [[Bartow Arena]] | * First title boxing match: [[Wilder vs. Molina]], [[June 13]], [[2015]] at [[Bartow Arena]] | ||
Revision as of 10:35, 28 April 2016
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This list of Birmingham firsts is drawn from Bertha Bendall Norton's 1970 book Birmingham's First Magic Century: Were You There?, with a few additions:
People
- First boy born in city: Richard Powell McAnally (November 11, 1871)
- First girl born in city: Mamie Morrow (fall 1871)
- First Birmingham Police Department officers to die in the line of duty: On March 27, 1900 Officers George Kirkley and J. W. Adams were killed in a shootout following a robbery of the Standard Oil office.
- First Birmingham Fire Department firefighters to die in the line of duty: Gip Spruiell and E. B. Huffman were killed when the Birmingham Paper Company building on Morris Avenue collapsed on them during a pre-dawn blaze on July 3, 1905.
Government
- First voting place: 21st Street North and 2nd Alley North
- First Jefferson County Courthouse: 21st Street and 3rd Avenue North
- First Mayor of Birmingham: Robert Henley, sworn in on December 19, 1871
- First Birmingham City Hall: 20th Street, between 1st and 2nd Avenue North
- First post office: 19th Street and 3rd Avenue North
- First public school: Powell School, 24th Street and 6th Avenue North
Buildings
- First "house": William Nabers shop, built in 1869 on what became 1st Avenue North
- First elevator: Caldwell-Milner Building, 1887 (or possibly the Florence Hotel, built in 1883-1884)
- First hydraulic elevator: Steiner Building, 1890
- First "skyscraper": Woodward Building, 1902
Retailers
- First grocery store: Allen's Grocery (present site of Empire Building)
- First dry goods store: F. E. Taylor's Dry Goods (20th Street and 3rd Avenue North)
- First hardware store: R. H. Roberts' (2nd Avenue North)
- First drug store: 20th Street and 3rd Avenue North
- First furniture store: 21st Street and 3rd Avenue North
Services
- First bank:
- First hotel: Relay House (1871, present site of Two North Twentieth)
- First school: Bryant's School, 21st Street and 1st Avenue North
- First train: Alabama Central Railroad conducted by Porter Lewis pulled into Birmingham around 10:00 PM on November 6, 1871
- First hospital: Hillman Hospital
Media
- First newspaper: Birmingham Sun (weekly in 1871, daily for a brief time in 1872)
- First surviving daily newspaper: Birmingham Iron Age (1874)
- First "talkie": Newsreel of President Coolidge welcoming Charles Lindbergh to New York, played at the Ritz Theatre in 1927
Sports
- First Olympic event: Olympic soccer, 1996
- First title boxing match: Wilder vs. Molina, June 13, 2015 at Bartow Arena
References
- Norton, Bertha Bendall (1970) Birmingham's First Magic Century: Were You There?. Birmingham: self-published/Lakeshore Press