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** 4318: [[Extreme Auto Detail]]
** 4318: [[Extreme Auto Detail]]
* [[44th Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[44th Street Ensley]] intersects
** 4400: former location of [[Fairfield Dry Cleaning Co.]] (1935)
** 4401–4403: former location of [[Fairfield Service Station]] (1935)
** 4407: [[Tasty Jamaica]]
** 4407: [[Tasty Jamaica]]
** 4412: [[Kay Bags Plus]]
** 4412: [[Kay Bags Plus]]
** 4416: [[Greekwood Monogram]]
** 4416: [[Greekwood Monogram]], former location of {{BN}} branch (1935)
** 4420: [[Nedra's Unlimited HairCare]]
** 4418: former location of [[Palace Barber Shop]] (1935)
** 4420: [[Nedra's Unlimited HairCare]], former location of [[Graham's Grill]] (1935)
** 4431: former location of [[Cities Sales Corp.]] gas station (1935)
* [[45th Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[45th Street Ensley]] intersects
** 4501: [[Goudy Entertainment Center]] (2020–)
** 4501: [[Goudy Entertainment Center]] (2020–)
** 4502: [[African International Market]]
** 4502: [[African International Market]], former location of [[Hill Grocery Co.]] (1935)
** 4503: former location of [[Martha's Beauty Shop]] / [[William Oliver]] real estate (1935)
** 4505: [[Trucks & Trucks Law]]
** 4505: [[Trucks & Trucks Law]]
** 4506: [[Birmingham Islamic Center]]'s [[West Side Masjid]] (2010–)
** 4506: [[Birmingham Islamic Center]]'s [[West Side Masjid]] (2010–)
** 4510: former location of [[Fairfield Bakery]] (1935)
** 4511: former location of [[Fairfield Post Office]] (1935)
** 4513–4515: former location of [[Smith Appliance Co.]] (1935)
*** 4515½: former location of [[St Charles Apartments]] (1935)
** 4514: former location of [[Fred Demeritt]] soft drinks (1935)
** 4516: former location of [[Hall's Pharmacy]] (1935)
* [[North Plaza]] intersects (southeast only)
* [[North Plaza]] intersects (southeast only)
** [[Fairfield Memorial Park]] (built 1910)
** [[Fairfield Memorial Park]] (built 1910)
* [[Crawford Street]] intersects (northwest only)
* [[Crawford Street]] intersects (northwest only)
* [[South Plaza]] intersects (southeast only)
* [[South Plaza]] intersects (southeast only)
** 4600–4604: [[Carmichael Building]]
*** 4600: former location of [[Herlong Drug Co.]] (1935)
*** 4602: former location of [[Homestead Savings & Mortgage Co.]] / [[Donald Real Estate & Insurance Co.]] / [[Homestead Building & Loan Association]] (1935)
*** 4604: [[Julius Routman]] dry goods (1935)
**** 4604½, former location of [[Fairfield City Hall]] / [[Josiah Carmichael]] & [[William Carmichael]] physicians / [[Robert Shirley]] dentist / [[Arthur Esslinger]] attorney / [[Fairfield Lodge No. 749]] (1935)
** 4601: [[Church of The Reconciler]], former location of [[First Bank of Corey]] / [[Hotel Plaza]] (built 1910)
** 4601: [[Church of The Reconciler]], former location of [[First Bank of Corey]] / [[Hotel Plaza]] (built 1910)
** 4604: [[Carmichael Building]], former location of [[Fairfield City Hall]]
** 4606: former location of [[Marie's Beauty Shoppe]] (1935)
** 4607: former location of [[Fairfield First National Bank Branch]], [[AmSouth Bank]]
** 4607: former location of [[Fairfield First National Bank Branch]] (1935), [[AmSouth Bank]]
** 4610: [[Magic City Grill]]
** 4610: [[Magic City Grill]]
** 4612: former location of [[Great A & P Tea Co.]] (1935)
** 4615: [[Walter J. Hanna Public Library]]
** 4615: [[Walter J. Hanna Public Library]]
** 4618: [[Realty Building]]
*** 4618½: [[Gabor Club]] / [[George Benton]] attorney / [[Milton Dulaney]] / [[E. Wood Tucker]] physician / [[Malta Naramore]] dentist / [[D'Accord Club]] (1935)
* [[47th Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[47th Street Ensley]] intersects
** 4701: [[Fairfield City Council]]
** 4701: [[Fairfield City Council]]
** 4702: [[Beauty Land]]
** 4702: [[Beauty Land]]
** 4705: [[Escapes N Travel]]
** 4705: [[Escapes N Travel]]
** 4712: former location of [[William Wren]] hardware (1935)
** 4714: [[Glorious Touch Alterations]]
** 4714: [[Glorious Touch Alterations]]
* [[48th Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[48th Street Ensley]] intersects
** 4800: former location of [[William Wren]] hardware warehouse (1935)
** 4801: [[Restoration Academy]] high school
** 4801: [[Restoration Academy]] high school
** 4806: [[Gildra's House of Style]]
** 4806: [[Gildra's House of Style]]
* [[49th Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[49th Street Ensley]] intersects
** 4901: [[Payless Drugs]], former location of [[A & P]] (1950–)
** 4900: former location of [[Gary Avenue Motor Co.]] (1935)
** 4901: [[Payless Drugs]], former location of [[Elze Townsend]] service station (1935), [[A & P]] (1950–)
** 4902: former location of [[Fairfield Bowling Club]] (1935)
** 4904: former location of [[Robert  Phillips]] feed store (1935)
** 4908: former location of [[AAA Key & Lock Co.]] (1977)
** 4908: former location of [[AAA Key & Lock Co.]] (1977)
** 4917: former location of [[Bagley's Florist]] (1977)
** 4917: former location of [[Bagley's Florist]] (1977)
** 4918: former location of [[Mack's Garage]] auto repair (1935)
* [[50th Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[50th Street Ensley]] intersects
** 5001:
** 5001: former location of [[Loo Coon Laundry]] / [[Walter Fullenwilder]] shoe repair (1935)
*** 5001A: [[Larry Williams Income Tax]] (2011–)
*** 5001A: [[Larry Williams Income Tax]] (2011–)
*** 5001B: former location of [[Tony's Beauty Salon]] (2011)
*** 5001B: former location of [[Tony's Beauty Salon]] (2011)
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*** 5005–5007: former location of [[Fairfield Theatre (1950s)|Fairfield Theatre]] (1950s)
*** 5005–5007: former location of [[Fairfield Theatre (1950s)|Fairfield Theatre]] (1950s)
** 5008: [[Now Faith Church]], former location of [[Erwin Appliance Co.]] (1977)
** 5008: [[Now Faith Church]], former location of [[Erwin Appliance Co.]] (1977)
** 5010: former location of [[James Embry]] grocery (1935)
** 5011: [[The Eye Care Place]]
** 5011: [[The Eye Care Place]]
** 5013–5019: [[Ann's Flooring]]
** 5013–5019: [[Ann's Flooring]]
** 5012: [[Beautiful Endings Hair Studio]]
** 5012: [[Beautiful Endings Hair Studio]]
** 5018: [[Shillo's Hair Design]]
** 5014: former location of [[Bowen Electric Co.]] (1935)
** 5016: former location of [[Saul's Five Cents to Five Dollars Store]] (1935)
** 5018: [[Shillo's Hair Design]], former location of [[Gordon's]] dry goods (1935)
** 5021: [[American Legion Post 347]]
** 5021: [[American Legion Post 347]]
* [[51st Street Ensley]] intersects (Gary Avenue also addressed as [[Valley Road]])
* [[51st Street Ensley]] intersects (Gary Avenue also addressed as [[Valley Road]])
** 5104: [[Stephen Smith Fine Art]] (2016–), former location of [[Fairfield Theatre (1920s)|Fairfield Theatre]] (1920s), [[T-Shirt Shop]] (2011)
** 5100: former location of [[Hill Grocery Co.]] (1935)
** 5106: [[Aicha's African Hair Braiding]]
** 5104: [[Stephen Smith Fine Art]] (2016–), former location of [[Fairfield Theatre (1920s)|Fairfield Theatre]] (1920–1935), [[T-Shirt Shop]] (2011)
** 5112: [[Kids Inc. Christian Academy]] (2011–)
** 5106: [[Aicha's African Hair Braiding]], former location of [[Angelo Angelakis]] hat cleaner (1935)
** 5116: [[Fairfield Main Street]] (2011–)
** 5112: [[Kids Inc. Christian Academy]] (2011–), former location of [[Fairfield Sanitary Market]] (1935)
** 5114: former location of [[Nu Way Cleaners]] (1935)
** 5116: [[Fairfield Main Street]] (2011–), former location of [[James H. Long]] barber (1935)
** 5118:
** 5118:
*** 5118A: [[MD African Hair Braiding]], former location of [[KNOW Business Power Solutions]] (2011), [[Greekwood Monogram]]
*** 5118A: [[MD African Hair Braiding]], former location of [[KNOW Business Power Solutions]] (2011), [[Greekwood Monogram]]
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* [[52nd Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[52nd Street Ensley]] intersects
** 5224: former location of [[Piggly Wiggly]] (1925)
** 5224: former location of [[Piggly Wiggly]] (1925)
==References==
* {{CD-1935}}


[[Category:Gary Avenue|*]]
[[Category:Gary Avenue|*]]

Revision as of 15:48, 1 August 2020

1959 view of Gary Avenue

Gary Avenue is a major thoroughfare through downtown Fairfield, part of the street pattern planned by the Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Company in 1909, and named in honor of Elbert Gary, the first president of TCI's parent company, U.S. Steel.

Gary Avenue runs southwest as a continuation of Avenue E Ensley, which also becomes Lloyd Noland Parkway as it passes below I-20/59. Gary Avenue and Lloyd Noland Parkway split between 40th Street Ensley and 41st Street Ensley, with Gary bending westward and crossing Opossum Creek (in a culvert) before entering Fairfield's business district. The street proceeds southwest, then turns to the south at 47th Street Ensley, terminating at Valley Road / Donald Parkway. Formerly the section of Valley Road continuing to E. J. Oliver Boulevard was also addressed as Gary Avenue.

The Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company's No. 5 Ensley-Fairfield streetcar line ran down Gary Avenue, and that service continues as MAX Transit Route 5.

Notable addresses

References

  • Polk's Birmingham (Jefferson County, Ala.) City Directory (1935) Richmond, Virginia: R. L. Polk & Co.
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