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The main stretch of 7th Avenue downtown picks up at [[11th Street North|11th Street]], just east of I-65, and runs straight into [[Birmingham City Hall]] at [[19th Street North|19th Street]]. It picks up again on the other side of [[Linn Park]], past [[Phillips High School]] and under the [[Elton B. Stephens Expressway]], before ending at a railroad serving [[Sloss Furnaces]] just past [[31st Street North|31st Street]].
The main stretch of 7th Avenue downtown picks up at [[11th Street North|11th Street]], just east of I-65, and runs straight into [[Birmingham City Hall]] at [[19th Street North|19th Street]]. It picks up again on the other side of [[Linn Park]], past [[Phillips High School]] and under the [[Elton B. Stephens Expressway]], before ending at a railroad serving [[Sloss Furnaces]] just past [[31st Street North|31st Street]].


A one-block long section of 7th Avenue connects [[41st Street North|41st Street]] to [[42nd Place North]] at [[Whatley Elementary School]]. Another short section crosses from [[43rd Street North|43rd Street]] to [[Messer Airport Highway]] at [[46th Street North|46th Street]] in [[Kingston]].  The easternmost segment runs through a residential area from southwest of 79th Street North to 83rd Street North, about four blocks northwest of [[East Lake]].
A one-block long section of 7th Avenue connects [[41st Street North|41st Street]] to [[42nd Place North]] at [[Whatley Elementary School]]. Another short section crosses from [[43rd Street North|43rd Street]] to [[Messer Airport Highway]] at [[46th Street North|46th Street]] in [[Kingston]].  The easternmost segment runs through a residential area from southwest of 79th Street North to 83rd Street North, about four blocks northwest of [[East Lake]]. A single-engine plane [[2011 East Lake plane crash|crashed]] in that area on [[January 5]], [[2011]], killing the pilot.
 
Electric lights were installed on 7th Avenue North from 19th to 21st Street in [[1945]] under the city's contract with the [[Birmingham Electric Company]].  


==Notable locations==
==Notable locations==
** 1300: former location of the [[Birmingham Distilling Company]]
===Smithfield===
** 1413: [[Harris Early Learning Center]]
* [[9th Street North]] intersects
** 1420: [[Formation Methods]]
** [[United Turbo & Fuel]]
* Intersection with [[16th Street North]]
** 931: [[Wholesale Tire Outlet]]
** former location of [[Knesseth Israel Congregation]]
 
* Intersection with [[17th Street North]]
===Fountain Heights===
* Intersection with [[18th Street North]]
* [[13th Street North]] intersects
** 1808: [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 1]]
** 1300: [[Airgas]] offices, former location of the [[Birmingham Distilling Company]]
** 1820: [[Legal Services Building]], [[Today to Tonight]] mural
** 1321: [[Hope House]]
** former site of the [[Levite Jewish Community Center|Young Men's Hebrew Association]]
 
* Intersection with [[19th Street North]]
* [[14th Street North]] intersects
** [[Birmingham City Hall]]
** north side ([[Block 15]])
* [[Linn Park]]
*** 1400: [[City Center Place]] apartments
** [[Jefferson County Courthouse]]
*** 1404: former location of [[Mrs. J.R. England]] & [[Mrs. S.W. Fitzgibbons]] dress makers (1887)
* Intersection with [[21st Street North]]
*** 1420: [[Ballard House]] (built 1950), former location of [[Ma Perkins]]' boarding house (1950s), [[Herschell Hamilton Sr]] physician (1960s), [[Formation Methods]]
** 2100: former site of [[First Christian Church]] and [[First Christian Church Education Building|Education Building]]
*** 1430: [[St John African Methodist Episcopal Church]] (1920s, present building completed in 1942)
** 2126: former location of [[Edwin Stephenson]]'s residence
** south side ([[Block 39]])
** [[Birmingham Central Library]]
*** 1401: former location of [[B. G. Smith Grocery]] (1926)
* Intersection with [[22nd Street North]]
*** 1413: [[Harris Early Learning Center]] (built 1995)
* Intersection with [[23rd Street North]]
*** 1431: former location of [[First Congregational Christian Church]] (1911-1949)
** [[Phillips High School]] (former site of [[Central High School]] and [[John T. Terry residence]])
 
** [[Park Place (Hope VI project)]], former site of [[Metropolitan Gardens]] and [[Birmingham Conservatory of Music]]
* [[15th Street North]] intersects
* Intersection with [[24th Street North]]
** north side ([[Block 16]])
** 2400: [[YMCA Youth Building]], [[New City Church]]
*** 1500: former location of [[Charles Graffeo]]'s store (1920s)
* Intersection with [[25th Street North]]
*** 1512: [[Automotive Friction Material Co.]], former location of [[Davenport & Harris Funeral Home]] (1926)
** [[Jones Valley Urban Farm]]
*** 1520: [[BLOC Global Group]] (2021–), former location of [[Keyvan Soleymani]] dentist (2011–2019)
** 2521: former site of [[RolleRink]]
**** 1520½: former location of [[Ted's Alterations]] (2008–2019)
* Intersection with [[26th Street North]]
** south side ([[Block 38]])
** 3000: former site of [[Richard McNally]] residence
*** 1501: [[Poole Funeral Chapel]], former location of [[First Congregational Church]] (1926)
** 3100: former site of [[Children's Hospital]]
*** 1517½: former location of [[Zanzibar Hotel]] (1957)
*** 1525: former location of [[Ulysses Mason]] residence, [[Bradford Funeral Home]] (1930s)
 
* [[16th Street North]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 17]])
*** former location of [[A. M. Stone]] physician (1926)
*** former location of [[Knesseth Israel Congregation]]
*** [[Birmingham General Employees Credit Union]]
** south side ([[Block 37]])
*** former location of [[Alabama Power]] fleet fuel service
*** former location of [[Knesseth Israel Congregation]] (1903-1955), [[17th Street Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God]]
 
* [[17th Street North]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 18]])
*** 1700-1720: [[Alabama Power Company]] employee parking
*** 1730: [[YMHA Building]] (built 1926) former location of [[Birmingham Hebrew Institute]] (1926) [[Levite Jewish Community Center|Young Men's Hebrew Association]] (1926–1957)
** south side ([[Block 36]])
*** [[Alabama Power Company Headquarters Complex]] (built 1990)
 
* [[18th Street North]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 19]])
*** 1804: offices of [[Douglas Corretti]], [[Donald Newsom]], [[Mary Douglas Hawkins]] and [[James Scaldo]]
*** 1806: former location of [[Johns Funeral Home]] (1899-)
*** 1808: [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 1]] (built 1971)
*** 1820: [[Legal Services Building]] (built 1960), former location of [[Birmingham Gospel Tabernacle]] (1930–1970s), [[Today to Tonight]] mural (1978-)
** south side ([[Block 35]])
*** [[Birmingham Greyhound Station]] (built 1950)
 
===Central City===
* [[19th Street North]]  intersects
:(7th Avenue resumes at 21st Street, but [[Park Place|Park Avenue]]/[[Park Place]] addresses were once listed as 7th Avenue North)
** north side ([[Block 20]])
*** [[Birmingham City Hall]]
** south side ([[Block 34]])
*** 1913: former location of [[Birmingham Fire Department]] headquarters (1926)
*** 1929: former location of [[The Chesterfield]] apartments (1926)
 
* [[Short 20th Street]] ([[Nina's Way]], formerly West 20th Street) intersects (north only)
** north side ([[Block 21]])
*** [[Linn Park]], formerly Capitol Park, Woodrow Wilson Park
** south side ([[Block 34]])
*** [[Park Place Tower]]
*** 1925: former location of [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 1]]
*** 1927: former location of [[Dale's Cellar]] (-1968), [[Society's Child]] (1968-)
*** 1929: former location of [[Chesterfield Hotel]] (1925)
 
* [[20th Street North]] intersects (south only)
** north side ([[Block 21]])
*** [[Linn Park]], formerly Capitol Park, Woodrow Wilson Park
** south side ([[Block 33]])
 
* former intersection with [[East 20th Street]] (north only, now part of Linn Park)
** north side ([[Block 22]])
*** [[Linn-Henley Research Library]] (built 1927 as [[Birmingham Public Library]])
** south side  ([[Block 33]])
*** 2015: [[Birmingham Board of Education]] (1926-)
*** [[Tutwiler Hotel (1986)|Tutwiler Hotel]] (1986), formerly [[Ridgely Apartments]] (built 1914)
 
* [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North]] (formerly [[21st Street North]]) intersects
** north side ([[Block 23]])
*** 2100: former site of [[First Christian Church Education Building|Education Building]] (built 1924)
*** 2124: [[Jefferson County Domestic Relations Courts]], former location of [[Edwin Stephenson]]'s residence
** south side ([[Block 32]]
*** [[Birmingham Central Library]]
*** Birmingham Public Library parking
 
* [[22nd Street North]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 24]])
*** [[Phillips High School]] parking
*** 2204: former location of [[The Newbold]] apartments (1926)
** south side ([[Block 31]])
*** [[Park Place (Hope VI project)]], former site of [[Metropolitan Gardens]]
*** 2217: former location of [[Esther Home for Girls]] (1925-1926)
*** former location of [[A. L. Monroe]]'s boarding house (1880s)
 
* [[23rd Street North]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 25]])
*** former location of [[Christ English Lutheran Church]] (1915, 1917)
*** 2316: [[Phillips Academy]] (2006-), former location of [[John T. Terry residence]] (built 1873), [[Central High School]] (1906-1918), [[Phillips High School]] (1923-2002)
** south side ([[Block 30]])
** [[Park Place (Hope VI project)]], former site of [[Metropolitan Gardens]] and [[Birmingham Conservatory of Music]]
 
* [[24th Street North]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 26]])
*** 2400–2418: [[YMCA Downtown Youth Center]] (built 2006)
**** 2400–2408: former location of dwelling (1911)
**** 2412: former location of dwelling (1911)
**** 2414: former location of dwelling (1911)
*** 2420–2430: [[Birmingham Health Care]] clinic, former location of [[Simpson Methodist Church]] (1911–1941), [[Central Church of Christ]] (1941–1990)
** south side ([[Block 29]])
*** [[Marconi Park]], formerly East End Park
 
* [[25th Street North]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 27]])
*** 2500–2530: [[Jones Valley Teaching Farm]]
**** 2500–2506: former location of dwelling (1911)
**** 2508: former location of dwelling (1911)
**** 2510: former location of dwelling (1911)
**** 2512: former location of dwelling (1911)
**** 2516: former location of dwelling (1911), [[The Detroit]] apartments (1926)
**** 2520–2522: former location of dwelling (1911)
**** 2524–2526: former location of [[Birmingham Arms & Cycle Co.]] (1895)
**** 2524: former location of [[Spiritual Science Church]] (1955), [[First Spiritualist Church]] (1971)
**** 2528–2530: former location of dwelling (1911)
** south side ([[Block 28]]):
*** 2501–2531: [[Park Place (Hope VI project)]], former site of [[Metropolitan Gardens]]
**** 2501–2503: former location of dwelling (1911)
**** 2505–2507: former location of dwelling (1911)
**** 2509: former location of dwelling (1911)
**** 2511–2515: former location of dwelling (1911)
**** 2517–2519: former location of dwelling (1911)
**** 2521: former site of dwelling (1911), [[Central City Boys Club]], [[RolleRink]]
 
* Avenue continues under [[Elton B. Stephens Expressway]] ([[U.S. Highway 31]])
* [[26th Street North]] intersects
** 2701-2711: former location of [[Welded Products Co.]] (1926)
** 2720; former location of [[Alabama Trailer Co.]] (1973)
** 2801: [[Birmingham Winsupply]], former location of [[Jefferson Dairy Co.]]
** 2828: [[Anchor Packaging Company]], former location of [[Southern Milk Machinery Co.]] (1926)
** 2900: [[Bayliss Machine & Welding]]
** 2928: former location of [[Berry & McGinn Boiler Works]] (1926)
** 2930: [[Jim Harvey's Alignment Service]], [[D & H Auto Sales]]
** 2931: [[S & B Industrial Minerals]], former location of [[Hill & Griffith Co.]] (1926)
** 3000: [[Cline Tours]], former site of [[Richard McNally]] residence, [[Webber Iron Co.]] (1926)
** 3003: former location of [[Hope & Faith Baptist Church]] (1926)
** 3051: former location of [[C. Occhipinti]] merchandise (1927)
** 3100: [[Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority]], former site of [[Children's Hospital]]
** 3101: [[1st Source Servall Appliance Parts]]
** 3125: [[VCM Sales]]
** 3200: [[TCI Tire Centers]]
 
===Kingston===
* [[40th Street North]] intersects
** former location of [[Cunningham School]] (built 1910)
* [[44th Street North]] intersects
** former location of [[Anderson Electric]]
 
===North East Lake===


[[Category:7th Avenue North|*]]
[[Category:7th Avenue North|*]]

Revision as of 13:10, 23 January 2024

7th Avenue North is a downtown street in Birmingham's northside.

The westernmost sections between Eufaula Avenue and 15th Street West and between 12th and 11th Street West near Birmingham-Southern College are known as 7th Avenue West. 7th Avenue North proper begins at 6th Street, but dies into the I-65 right of way after just two blocks.

The main stretch of 7th Avenue downtown picks up at 11th Street, just east of I-65, and runs straight into Birmingham City Hall at 19th Street. It picks up again on the other side of Linn Park, past Phillips High School and under the Elton B. Stephens Expressway, before ending at a railroad serving Sloss Furnaces just past 31st Street.

A one-block long section of 7th Avenue connects 41st Street to 42nd Place North at Whatley Elementary School. Another short section crosses from 43rd Street to Messer Airport Highway at 46th Street in Kingston. The easternmost segment runs through a residential area from southwest of 79th Street North to 83rd Street North, about four blocks northwest of East Lake. A single-engine plane crashed in that area on January 5, 2011, killing the pilot.

Electric lights were installed on 7th Avenue North from 19th to 21st Street in 1945 under the city's contract with the Birmingham Electric Company.

Notable locations

Smithfield

Fountain Heights

Central City

(7th Avenue resumes at 21st Street, but Park Avenue/Park Place addresses were once listed as 7th Avenue North)

Kingston

North East Lake

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