Jaycees Haunted House
The Birmingham Jaycees Haunted House was an annual haunted attraction staged by volunteers from the Birmingham Junior Chamber of Commerce as a fundraiser to support their charitable activities. The primary use of funds raised at the house was to sponsor a Christmas shopping tour for needy children.
The house was first held at 2541 Highland Avenue from 1970. It later moved to 732 [[]29th Street South]] in Lakeview, with the final year of operation in 2004. That year's attraction was billed as "The Final Nightmare", and the property was sold to a holding company affiliated with St Vincent's Hospital, but no specific plans were carried out.
In 2006, St Vincent's agreed to lease the house back to the Jaycees to re-open the haunted house. Preparations were well underway for an early October opening, but inspections by the Birmingham Fire & Rescue Service and Birmingham Department of Planning, Engineering and Permits uncovered numerous infractions of current codes which forced a cancellation. The house was demolished in 2010. St Vincent's landscaped the site, but announced no plans for redevelopment.
References
- Coman, Victoria L. (October 13, 2006) "Jaycee haunted house halted". The Birmingham News
- DeButts, Jimmy (May 14, 2010) "St. Vincent's tears down Lakeview's 'haunted house'." Birmingham Business Journal