Lomb Avenue

Lomb Avenue, also called Lomb Avenue Southwest or Lomb Avenue West (formerly South Street) is a major connecting street in Birmingham's Arlington-West End and Rising-West Princeton neighborhoods. It splits off from Montevallo Road Southwest as 6th Street Southwest and runs north, then northwest past Princeton Baptist Medical Center and over Valley Creek to Bessemer Road (U.S. Highway 11) at Fair Park.

John Myers was contracted to grade the avenue to the Alabama State Fairgrounds in 1889.

The commercial zone of Lomb Avenue has been targeted for revitalization efforts under Bernard Kincaid's "BEACON" program and through Main Street Birmingham. Changes to buildings, signs and landscaping in the resulting Lomb Avenue Commercial Revitalization Area are subject to approval from the Birmingham Design Review Committee.

Notable addresses (east to west)

Arlington-West End neighborhood (formerly Zone 11)

• street merges into Martin Luther King Jr Drive / Montevallo Road Southwest
  • 116: former location of Lem Walker Moving & Storage (1970s)
  • 386: former location of WAYE-AM
• McMillan Avenue Southwest intersects
• Cotton Avenue intersects (location of Harambee Festival)
  • 632: Lomb Avenue Shell/6th Avenue Citgo
  • 633: Fresenius Medical Care
  • 636: Rally's/Checkers, former location of Golden Skillet fried chicken (1975)
  • 641: Access to Money
• Tuscaloosa Avenue Southwest intersects
  • 652: Ear Nose & Throat Clinic, Dr Jack Dabbs (2006)
• Princeton Avenue Southwest intersects (north only)
  • 668: Walgreen's Drugs
• 7th Street Southwest intersects (north only)
  • 700: former location of West End Church of Christ (1964)
• Princeton Parkway West intersects
  • 732: McDonald's restaurant
  • 744: U.S. Title Loans
  • 748: BBQ Sam's (Eric Walker 2021–) / Zandrea's Kitchen
• Fulton Avenue Southwest intersects (south only)
• 8th Street Southwest intersects
  • 800: former location of Streeter Barber Shop (1964)
    • 800A: Ocean Specx Perfume Shop
  • 811: R & K Florist, former location of LaDame Wee Wash It (1964)
  • 812: West Princeton CME Church, formerly West Princeton Methodist Church (1964)
  • 814: former location of Ella King grocery store (1942)
  • 829: former location of Waco Oil Co. gas station (1964)
• Alabama Avenue Southwest intersects (south only)
  • 845: former location of M-H Equipment Company (1930s-1950s), Rushton Equipment Corp. (1964)
  • 850: former location of Dolphus Shields residence (1900–1949)
  • 859: former location of Lomb Avenue Grocery (1964)
• 9th Street Southwest intersects (north only)
  • 908: former location of Lomb Avenue Apartments (1964)
  • 910: First Baptist Church West Princeton
• 10th Street Southwest intersects (south only)
  • 915: former location of W. C. Storey Painting Contractors (1964)
  • 919: Beauty Masters/MetroPCS, former location of B & J Drive-In (1964)
• Woodland Avenue Southwest intersects (south only)
  • 1001: Community Merchant Services
  • 1010: Performance Coatings, former location of ABC Supply Co., Russell & Co. (1964)
  • 1015: former location of Lomb Avenue Standard Service Station (1964)
  • 1026: N & K Auto Repair, former location of Alabama Activation, Inc. (1980s)
• 10th Place Southwest intersects (north only)
  • 1036-1040: former location of Turkey Creek Manufacturing Co. (1964)
    • 1038: Von Corporation (1964-)
  • 1047: former location of Bradford Sinclair Service Station (1964)
• 11th Street Southwest intersects (south only)
  • 1110: former location of Bates Auto Supply (1964)
  • 1112: former location of Collins Garage (1964)
  • 1116: Southern Caribbean Restaurant, former location of Lem Walker Transfer (1964), Lem Walker Moving & Storage (1977)
  • 1133: Gibson Discount Mart Pharmacy, former location of Rickwood Phillips 66 Service Station (1964)
  • former location of Government Employees Store (G*E*S, 1962-1973), Miller's department store (1973-)
• 12th Street Southwest intersects / road crosses Valley Creek

(formerly Zone 8)

• Atlantic Coast Line Railroad crosses
  • 1209: Mama' Nem Southern Kitchen (Chris Hollamon 2024–)
• 13th Street Southwest intersects (south only)
• 14th Street Southwest intersects
  • 1401: former location of Southeastern Products rubber goods (1964), Specialty Products (1960s)
  • 1412: former location of Susie's Cafe (Hurley Perry 1942)
  • 1415: former location of Hanken Printing Co. (1964)
  • 1418: former location of Bush Oil gas station (1964)
  • 1421: All Seasons Heating & Cooling, former location of DiGiorgio Fuel & Building Supply (1964)
  • 1423: former location of Service Electric Co. (1964)
  • 1425: Grace & Mercy House Ministries, former location of Home Improvement Building Supply (1964), the School of Skills and Trades (2009-)
  • 1428: Drive Smart, former location of Garrett Auto Sales
• 15th Street Southwest intersects
  • 1501: former location of Strickland Store Fixtures (1964)
  • 1509: former location of Spivey Hobby, Toys and Gifts (2005-2006)
  • 1511: former location of Lomb Products Inc. braiding works (1964)
  • 1525: Solid Rock Services, former location of Tubular Fabricating Co. scaffold rentals (1964)
  • 1528: former location of Quality Heating & Sheet Metal (1964)
• 16th Street Southwest intersects
  • 1600: former location of Lomb Avenue Curb Market & Delicatessen (1964)
  • 1601: former location of Chem-Haulers Inc. (1964)
  • 1608: former location of Alabama Trade Bindery (1960s)
  • 1612: Bell Body Shop
  • 1616: Bobby's Frame Alignment, former location of Rock Painting & Decorating (1964)
  • 1617: Faithful Few Ministries, former location of Ensley-Fairfield Mattress Co. warehouse (1964)
  • 1628: former location of Braswell Electric Service (1964)
  • 1629: former location of Hazelrig & Weird Veterinary Clinic (1964)
• 17th Street Southwest intersects
  • 1708: Williams Landscape Service (2000s-), former location of American Termite Control (1964)
  • 1713: Silver Cab Company, former location of Utility Tool Co. (1960s), Greater Birmingham Humane Society warehouse (1979-1987)
  • 1716: Lomb Auto Care, former location of Scott Supply Co. (1964)
  • 1723: J W Auto Body and Collision, former location of Pond Lift Trucks Co. (1964)
  • 1725: former location of Machine Craft Co. (1964)
  • 1727: former location of Baker-Stewart Cabinet Shop (1964)
• Border Street intersects (north only)
  • 2800: Regions Bank Five Points West branch, former location of Constantine Drive In (1958-1962)
  • 2817: Metropolitan Day School (expanded 2024)

Ensley

• Fayette Avenue Southwest intersects (numbers run west from Bessemer Road)
  • 3031: former location of Central Bag & Burlap (1964)
  • 3009: former location of Double "LL" Bar-B-Q
  • 3001: former location of Double "LL" Bar-B-Q (1964)
  • 3000: Hanvey Tire & Auto Repair, former location of Heritage Carpets (1964)
  • 2920: Beards & Bangs
  • 2917: Paramount Services linen service, former location of R. Hoe & Company sawmill supplies (1960s-1980s)
  • 2916: former location of Slye's Auto Supply Co. (1964)
  • 2912: Jazzy Boutique & Gifts, former location of Fairview Heating & Air Conditioning, Till Construction Co. and Ben R. Hester Plumbing Co. (1964), Component Remanufacturer XL (1980s)
  • 2910: former location of Allied Battery Co. (1964)
  • 2904: Black Magic Club, former location of Brown School Supplies (1964), Pacesetter Learning Aids (1970s)
  • 2901: former location of Kevorkian Co. die makers (1964)
  • 2817: former location of Speedy Gonzalez Mexican restaurant (1977)
  • 2801: Fairview Post Office, former location of Fair Park Drive-In (1948–1986)
• Fargrounds Drive intersects (south only)
• Cullman Avenue intersects (north only)
  • 2800: Regions Bank Five Points West Lomb Avenue Branch, former location of Constantine Drive-In (1964)
• street ends at Bessemer Road