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** 4109: [[3D Foodmart]] / [[Mobil]] gas station, formerly [[M & N Foodmart]]
** 4109: [[3D Foodmart]] / [[Mobil]] gas station, formerly [[M & N Foodmart]]
* [[42nd Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[42nd Street Ensley]] intersects
** 4200: former location of [[L. M. Whaley]] grocery (1925)
** 4202: [[Diary African Braid Boutique]]
** 4202: [[Diary African Braid Boutique]]
** 4219: [[Big Moe Spring & Alignment]]
** 4219: [[Big Moe Spring & Alignment]]
* [[43rd Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[43rd Street Ensley]] intersects
** 4301: [[Sparkle Learning Center]]
** 4301: [[Sparkle Learning Center]]
** 4317: former location of [[E. T. Ross]] furniture (1925)
** 4318: [[Extreme Auto Detail]]
** 4318: [[Extreme Auto Detail]]
** 4319: former location of [[Owens Furnishing Co.]] (1925)
* [[44th Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[44th Street Ensley]] intersects
** 4400: former location of [[Fairfield Dry Cleaning Co.]] (1935)
** 4400: former location of [[Fairfield Dry Cleaning Co.]] (1935)
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** 4510: former location of [[Fairfield Bakery]] (1935)
** 4510: former location of [[Fairfield Bakery]] (1935)
** 4511: former location of [[Fairfield Post Office]] (1935)
** 4511: former location of [[Fairfield Post Office]] (1935)
** 4512: former location of [[Anest Sarinopoulas]] restaurant (1925)
** 4513–4515: former location of [[Smith Appliance Co.]] (1935)
** 4513–4515: former location of [[Smith Appliance Co.]] (1935)
*** 4515½: former location of [[St Charles Apartments]] (1935)
*** 4515½: former location of [[St Charles Apartments]] (1925–1935)
** 4514: former location of [[Fred Demeritt]] soft drinks (1935)
** 4514: former location of [[Fairfield Post Office]] (1925), [[Fred Demeritt]] soft drinks (1935)
** 4516: former location of [[Hall's Pharmacy]] (1935)
** 4515: former location of [[Keith Furniture Co.]] (1925)
** 4516: former location of [[Hall's Pharmacy]] (1925–1935)
* [[North Plaza]] intersects (southeast only)
* [[North Plaza]] intersects (southeast only)
** [[Fairfield Memorial Park]] (built 1910)
** [[Fairfield Memorial Park]] (built 1910)
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* [[South Plaza]] intersects (southeast only)
* [[South Plaza]] intersects (southeast only)
** 4600–4604: [[Carmichael Building]]  
** 4600–4604: [[Carmichael Building]]  
*** 4600: former location of [[Herlong Drug Co.]] (1935)
*** 4600: former location of [[Donald Drug Co.]] (1925), [[Herlong Drug Co.]] (1935)
*** 4602: former location of [[Homestead Savings & Mortgage Co.]] / [[Donald Real Estate & Insurance Co.]] / [[Homestead Building & Loan Association]] (1935)
*** 4602: former location of [[Homestead Savings & Mortgage Co.]] (1925–1935), [[Donald Real Estate & Insurance Co.]] / [[Homestead Building & Loan Association]] (1935)
*** 4604: [[Julius Routman]] dry goods (1935)
*** 4604: former location of [[Journey Curg]] shoe repair / [[Kamps Gregory]] restaurant (1925), [[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)
**** 4604½, former location of [[Fairfield City Hall]] / [[J. T. Endsley]] dentist / [[E. L. Hargrove]] & [[M. W. Pratt]] attorneys (1925), [[Josiah Carmichael]] & [[William Carmichael]] physicians / [[Fairfield Lodge No. 749]] (1925–1935), [[Robert Shirley]] dentist / [[Arthur Esslinger]] attorney (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)
** 4606: former location of [[Marie's Beauty Shoppe]] (1935)
** 4606: former location of [[G. P. Bell]] undertaker (1925), [[Marie's Beauty Shoppe]] (1935)
** 4607: former location of [[Fairfield First National Bank Branch]] (1935), [[AmSouth Bank]]
** 4607: former location of [[First National Bank of Fairfield]] (1925), [[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)
** 4612: former location of [[Great A & P Tea Co.]] (1935)
** 4614: former location of [[Donald Real Estate & Insurance Co.]] (1925)
** 4615: [[Walter J. Hanna Public Library]]
** 4615: [[Walter J. Hanna Public Library]]
** 4618: [[Realty Building]]
** 4616: former location of [[West End Dry Goods Co.]] (1925)
** 4618: [[Realty Building]], former location of [[Piggly-Wiggly]] (1925)
*** 4618½: [[Gabor Club]] / [[George Benton]] attorney / [[Milton Dulaney]] / [[E. Wood Tucker]] physician / [[Malta Naramore]] dentist / [[D'Accord Club]] (1935)
*** 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

Revision as of 16:07, 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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