Carolina Avenue

Carolina Avenue is an east-west avenue paralleling the Alabama Great Southern Railroad tracks through downtown Bessemer.

Notable addresses (west to east)

• 9th Street South Bessemer intersection
• 10th Street South Bessemer intersection (south only)
• road ends
• 12th Street South Bessemer intersection (south only)
• 13th Street South Bessemer intersection (south only)
• 14th Street South Bessemer (Alabama State Highway 150) intersection
  • 1401: Exxon gas station
  • A. B. & C. Railroad trestle crosses above
• 15th Street South Bessemer intersection
  • 1515: Ray's Custom Cuts
• 16th Street South Bessemer intersection
  • 1627: The Learning Center At New Life
• Short 18th Street South Bessemer intersection (south only)
  • 1731: former location of A. & R. Thrift Store, The Vintage Station (2017)
• 18th Street South Bessemer intersection (north only)
  • 1801: Church's fried chicken
  • 1831: Renner Block (built 1907)
• 19th Street South Bessemer intersection (former location of "Spirit of the American Doughboy" statue (1922-)
  • 1901: vacant, former location of Boackle's restaurant
  • 1931: Paul F. Cole dental clinic
  • 1933: former location of Added Touch Flowers
• 20th Street South Bessemer intersection
  • 2001-2003: Romano Block (built c. 1889-1895, Ronald's Motorcycle Sales & Service, former location of Carolina Grocery
  • 2005: commercial building (built c. 1944), former location of Harris Grill.
  • 2007: commercial building (built c. 1945), former location of Star Confections, Phil & Ann's Game Room
  • 2009-2011: former location of Blue Note Cafe; Green Upholstery; Masonic Lodge
    • 2011: Alfred D. Green Upholstery, former location of Star Theatre, Dothan Lodge No. 112
  • 2013: Garage building (built c. 1920) B & W Auto Repair, former location of Seegar Welding Co., Wall Machine Shop, People's Garage, former site of Bessemer Weekly printing press (burned 1898-1899)
  • 2015: George Grocery Building (built c. 1910), former location of George Grocery, Silver Moon Cafe, former site of Marvel City Saloon (1894-)
  • 2017: commercial building (built c. 1948), former location of Long's Cleaners
  • 2023: Burgin-Little Block (built 1891), former location of Cross Cathedral
  • 2029-2031: commercial building (built c. 1895), former location of Carolina Avenue Market, Guyton Printing Company, Hurd's Pharmacy
• 21st Street South Bessemer intersection (south only)
  • 2101-2103: Robinson Block (built 1888), former location of R. & A. Robinson saloon and dry goods (1888-), H. Magill grocery & feed (1890s), Sapp & Hagler feed store, Southern Queen Hotel, Finocchio Grocery Co.
• 22nd Street South Bessemer intersection
• former site of Montezuma Hotel (built 1886, destroyed by fire 1899)
  • 2217: MPG Casting Technologies, former location of Jones Foundry, Citation Corporation, Southern Ductile Casting Corp., Grede Foundries
• Carolina Terrace begins (south only)
• railroad crossing
• 25th Street South Bessemer intersection (south only)
  • 2509: Brantley Chapel Cumberland Presbyterian Church
  • Norfolk Southern Transmission Tower (built 1963)
  • 2600: Norfolk-Southern Bessemer Depot
  • access to Hard Elementary School
• 29th Street South Bessemer intersection (south only)
• 30th Street South Bessemer intersection (south only)
• 31st Street South Bessemer intersection (south only)
• 32nd Street South Bessemer intersection

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