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'''1st Avenue North''' is an east-west avenue paralleling the [[Alabama Great Southern Railroad]] tracks, a block north of [[Alabama Avenue]], through downtown [[Bessemer]]. | '''1st Avenue North Bessemer''' (often just '''1st Avenue Bessemer''') is an east-west avenue paralleling the [[Alabama Great Southern Railroad]] tracks, a block north of [[Alabama Avenue]], through downtown [[Bessemer]]. | ||
==Notable addresses (west to east)== | ==Notable addresses (west to east)== | ||
Revision as of 10:18, 20 July 2020
1st Avenue North Bessemer (often just 1st Avenue Bessemer) is an east-west avenue paralleling the Alabama Great Southern Railroad tracks, a block north of Alabama Avenue, through downtown Bessemer.
Notable addresses (west to east)
- Spring Street (Bessemer) intersects
- Valley Street intersects
- 1st Street North Bessemer intersects
- 2nd Street North Bessemer intersects
- avenue dead ends mid-block
- 4th Street North Bessemer intersects
- McCulley Street intersects (south only)
- 7th Avenue North Bessemer intersects
- Rose Avenue Bessemer intersects (avenue ends)
- avenue resumes at 8th Avenue North Bessemer
- 9th Street North Bessemer intersects
- 10th Street North Bessemer intersects
- avenue ends at 11th Street North Bessemer
- avenue resumes opposite Halls Creek
- 12th Street North Bessemer intersects
- 13th Street North Bessemer intersects
- 1329: General Auto & Truck Repair
- 1331: Ride Today USA, former location of J. A. Massey service station (1951)
- 14th Street North Bessemer (Alabama State Highway 150) intersects
- 1400: Poole's Auto
- 1401–1405: Roy Lumber (1951–)
- 1421: former location of ExCello Machine Co. (1951)
- 1423: First Avenue Recycling Corporation
- 1424: Wagon Wheel Deli & Grill
- 1425: former location of Morris Bus Line garage (1951)
- 1426: Eddie's Body Shop
- 15th Street North Bessemer intersects
- 1501–1511: Bessemer Municipal Court / Bessemer Police Department
- 16th Street North Bessemer intersects
- 1600–1604: Bessemer Electric & Water Services, former location of Bessemer City Ice Co. (1951)
- 17th Street North Bessemer intersects (north only)
- 1708: former location of Birmingham News Bessemer bureau
- 1718: former location of Burns Transfer Co. barn (1951)
- 1724: Brown Beauty Barber School
- 1728–1730: former location of Veterans of Foreign Wars Bailey Rogers Post No. 1762
- 1731: former location of City Lumber & Supply Co. (1951)
- 18th Street North Bessemer intersects
- 1800–1830: parking lot for Jefferson County Bessemer Courthouse
- 1800: former location of Burns Transfer Co. (1951)
- 1806: former location of Birmingham Post-Herald Bessemer bureau (1951)
- 1812: former location of Cab Lumber Co. (1951)
- 1820: former location of ABC Store No. 14 (1951)
- 1822: former location of The War Surplus Store (1951)
- 1824: former location of Ideal Finance Co. (1951)
- 1826: former location of Maloy & Co. storage (1951)
- 1801–1809: Regions Bank
- 1801: former location of Jim Cowley's Service Station (1951)
- 1811–1831: Alex Bradford Park
- 1819: former location of A & A Beverage Co. beer (William Padalino 1951)
- 1831: former location of Hallman & Bailey filling station (1951)
- 1800–1830: parking lot for Jefferson County Bessemer Courthouse
- 19th Street North Bessemer intersects
- north side:
- 1906: former location of Digby Grocery (1951)
- 1908: former location of John Lawlah tailor / Joseph Croom shoe repair / Old Reliable Barber Shop (1951)
- 1910: former location of Anthony LaSala billiards / Bill Hall's Cafe (1951)
- 1910½: former location of Joe Posey shoe shine (1951)
- 1912: former location of New Deal Cafe (1951)
- 1912½: former location of William Dowdell dentist / Lorenzo Demby physician / Carrie Pierce (1951)
- 1914: former location of Whitten Clothing Co. (1951)
- 1916: former location of James Moreland barber (1951)
- 1918: former location of Frolic Theatre (Bessemer) (1951)
- 1918½: former location of Arthur Tiddle phonographs (1951)
- 1920: former location of W. S. Shivers Clothing Co. (1951)
- 1920a: former location of Lee Loan Co. (1951)
- 1922: former location of Hall Cafe (1951)
- 1922½: former location of Samuel Allen barber (1951)
- 1924: former location of F. D. Mayo tailor / Percy Colvin watch repair (1951)
- 1924a: former location of White Loan Co. (1951)
- 1926: former location of Money Loan Co. (1951), McCormick's Barber & Style Shop (2017)
- 1928: former location of Lincoln Theatre (1948–1983)
- 1930: former location of Union Confectionery (1951), Sam Dunn's Saloon, Corey's Barber & Style (2013)
- 1930½: former location of Aaron Davis dentist / Lincoln Industrial Insurance Co. (1951)
- south side:
- 1901–1907: former location of R. L. Lumzy Funeral Service
- 1901: former location of Braswell's Home Furnishing's Co. (1951)
- 1907: former location of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad freight & passenger station (1951)
- 1911: former location of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad warehouse (1951)
- 1901–1907: former location of R. L. Lumzy Funeral Service
- north side:
- 20th Street North Bessemer intersects
- 2000–2014: Alabama Department of Human Resources
- 2001–2031: parking lot
- 2016–2030: parking lot
- 21st Street North Bessemer intersects
- avenue ends at 22nd Street North Bessemer
References
- Nelson, Linda and Melanie Best (December 12, 1990) "Downtown Bessemer Historic District, Supplementary Listing Record" National Register of Historic Places. Listed July 15, 1992