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'''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''' 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]] 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.
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]].
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]].
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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), [[George Holdcroft]] grocery (1946)
** 4202: [[Diary African Braid Boutique]]
** 4202: [[Diary African Braid Boutique]]
** 4219: [[Big Moe Spring & Alignment]]
** 4219: [[Big Moe Spring & Alignment]], former location of [[Smith Coke Co.]] (1946)
* [[43rd Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[43rd Street Ensley]] intersects
** 4301: [[Sparkle Learning Center]]
** 4301: [[Sparkle Learning Center]]
** 4318: [[Extreme Auto Detail]]
** 4311: former location of [[James H. Davis]] clothes cleaner (1946)
** 4317: former location of [[E. T. Ross]] furniture (1925)
** 4318: [[Extreme Auto Detail]], former location of [[Frank Burton]] gas station (1946)
** 4319: former location of [[Owens Furnishing Co.]] (1925)
* [[44th Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[44th Street Ensley]] intersects
** 4400: former location of [[Fairfield Dry Cleaning Co.]] (1935–1946)
** 4401–4403: former location of [[Fairfield Service Station]] (1935–1946)
** 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), [[Evans Flower Shop]] (1946)
** 4420: [[Nedra's Unlimited HairCare]]
** 4418: former location of [[Palace Barber Shop]] (1935), ''[[Birmingham Post]]'' carriers' station (1946)
** 4419: former location of [[Alexander's Service Station]] (1946)
** 4420: [[Nedra's Unlimited HairCare]], former location of [[Graham's Grill]] (1935), [[Fairfield Beauty Salon]] (1946)
** 4431: former location of [[Cities Sales Corp.]] gas station (1935)
* [[45th Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[45th Street Ensley]] intersects
** 4502: [[African International Market]]
** 4501: [[Goudy Entertainment Center]] (2020–), former location of [[Barnett's Cafe]] (1946)
** 4505: [[Trucks & Trucks Law]]
** 4502: [[African International Market]], former location of [[Hill Grocery Co.]] (1935–1946)
*** 4502½: former location of [[Madam Vivyen]] palm reader
** 4503: former location of [[Martha's Beauty Shop]] / [[William Oliver]] real estate (1935), [[Polly's Beauty Shop]] (1946)
** 4505: [[Trucks & Trucks Law]], former location of [[Bernard Brown]] plumbing (1946)
** 4506: [[Birmingham Islamic Center]]'s [[West Side Masjid]] (2010–)
** 4506: [[Birmingham Islamic Center]]'s [[West Side Masjid]] (2010–)
** 4510: former location of [[Fairfield Bakery]] (1935–1946)
** 4511: former location of [[Fairfield Post Office]] (1935), [[Smith Appliance Co.]] / [[Smith Coke Co.]] / [[Steel City Cabs]] (1946)
** 4512: former location of [[Anest Sarinopoulas]] restaurant (1925), [[Fairfield Billiard Parlor]] (1946)
** 4513–4515: former location of [[Smith Appliance Co.]] (1935)
*** 4515½: former location of [[St Charles Apartments]] (1925–1935)
** 4514: former location of [[Fairfield Post Office]] (1925), [[Fred Demeritt]] soft drinks (1935), [[Frank Torre]] shoe repair (1946)
** 4515: former location of [[Keith Furniture Co.]] (1925)
** 4516: former location of [[Hall's Pharmacy]] (1925–1946)
* [[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)
** 4601: [[Church of The Reconciler]], former location of [[First Bank of Corey]] / [[Hotel Plaza]] (built 1910)
** west side:
** 4604: [[Carmichael Building]], former location of [[Fairfield City Hall]]
*** 4600–4602: vacant lot, former location of [[Carmichael Building]]
** 4607: former location of [[Fairfield First National Bank Branch]], [[AmSouth Bank]]
**** 4600: former location of [[Donald Drug Co.]] (1925), [[Herlong Drug Co.]] (1935–1946)
** 4610: [[Magic City Grill]]
**** 4602: former location of [[Homestead Savings & Mortgage Co.]] (1925–1935), [[Donald Real Estate & Insurance Co.]] / [[Homestead Building & Loan Association]] (1935), [[Ray's Home Supply Store]] (1946)
** 4615: [[Walter J. Hanna Public Library]]
*** 4604–4606: former location of [[Diversified Printing & Engraving]]
**** 4604: former location of [[Curg Journey]] shoe repair / [[Gregory Kamps]] restaurant (1925), [[Julius Routman]] dry goods (1935–1946)
***** 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), [[U.S. Selective Service System Local Board No. 3]] (1946)
**** 4606: former location of [[G. P. Bell]] undertaker (1925), [[Marie's Beauty Shoppe]] (1935), [[Forbes Inc. Five & Ten Cent Store]] (1946)
*** 4608–4610: [[Magic City Grille]], former location of [[Elmore's|V. J. Elmore Five & Ten Cent Store]] (1946)
*** 4612: former location of [[A & P|Great A & P Tea Co.]] (1935), [[A & P|A & P Food Store]] (1946)
*** 4614: former location of [[Donald Real Estate & Insurance Co.]] (1925)
*** 4616: former location of [[West End Dry Goods Co.]] (1925), [[Jollitt Mitchell]] dry goods (1946)
*** 4618: [[Realty Building]], former location of [[Piggly-Wiggly]] (1925), [[Piper Ice Cream Co.]] (1946)
**** 4618½: [[Fairfield Library]] / [[Hawkins & Denman Realty & Insurance Co.]] / [[W. M. Thompson]] real estate / [[C. W. Shackelford]] physician (1925), [[E. Wood Tucker]] physician / [[Malta Naramore]] dentist (1925–1935), [[Gabor Club]] / [[George Benton]] attorney / [[Milton Dulaney]] / [[D'Accord Club]] (1935), [[Mutual Savings Credit Union]] / [[Allen F. Smith]] / [[George Benton]] / [[Victor Harwood]] attorneys / [[Tennessee Coal, Iron & Railroad Co.]] electrical engineering department & drafting room (1946)
** east side:
*** 4601: [[Church of The Reconciler Charismatic Episcopal Church]], former location of [[First Bank of Corey]] / [[Hotel Plaza]] (built 1910)
*** 4607: former location of [[First National Bank of Fairfield]] (1925), [[Fairfield First National Bank Branch]] (1935–1946), [[AmSouth Bank]]
*** 4611A: former location of [[Braswell Barber Shop]] (1946)
*** 4615: [[Walter J. Hanna Public Library]]
 
* [[47th Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[47th Street Ensley]] intersects
** 4701: [[Fairfield City Council]]
** 4700: former location of [[Eugene Parvin]] garage (1925), [[Braswell Radio & Refrigeration Co.]] (1946)
*** 4700½: former location of apartments (1925–1946)
** 4701: [[Fairfield City Council]], former location of [[Fairfield City Hall]] / [[Fairfield Public Library]] / [[Fairfield Exchange Club]] [[Fairfield Kiwanis Club]] (1946)
** 4702: [[Beauty Land]]
** 4702: [[Beauty Land]]
** 4705: [[Escapes N Travel]]
** 4705: [[Escapes N Travel]]
** 4708: former location of [[Donald Real Estate & Investment Co.]] / [[Homestead Savings & Mortgage Co.]] / [[Progressive Realty & Mortgage Co.]] (1946)
** 4711: former location of [[Stewart Cleaners]] (1946)
** 4712: former location of [[William Wren]] hardware (1935), [[Wren Hardware Co.]] (1946)
** 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), [[Willoughby Furniture Co.]] (1946)
** 4801: [[Restoration Academy]] high school
** 4801: [[Restoration Academy]] high school
** 4806: [[Gildra's House of Style]]
** 4806: [[Gildra's House of Style]]
** 4809: former location of [[J. Fred Venable]] gas station (1946)
** 4818: former location of [[William Townsend]] gas station (1946)
* [[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), [[Thomas Puckett]] general merchandise (1946)
** 4901: [[Payless Drugs]], former location of [[Elze Townsend]] service station (1935), [[G & O Service Station]] (1946), [[A & P]] (1950–)
** 4902: former location of [[Fairfield Bowling Club]] (1935)
** 4904: former location of [[Mary Ann Tea Room]] (1925), [[Robert  Phillips]] feed store (1935)
** 4908: former location of [[Madame Mae]] palmist (1942), [[Home Products Co.]] electrical appliances (1946), [[AAA Key & Lock Co.]] (1977)
** 4914: former location of [[Steel City Beer Distributors]] (1946)
** 4917: former location of [[Rainbow Market]] (1925), [[Richard Wood]] used cars (1946), [[Ding-Ho Restaurant]] ([[Joe Louie]] 1953), [[Bagley's Florist]] (1977)
** 4918: former location of [[Mack's Garage]] auto repair (1935), [[Bush Mumpower]] gas station (1946)
* [[50th Street Ensley]] intersects
* [[50th Street Ensley]] intersects
** 5003: [[Capstone Counseling Center]] / [[Neo Jazz School of Music]]
** 5001: former location of [[Loo Coon Laundry]] (1925–1935), [[Walter Fullenwilder]] shoe repair (1935), [[Barney Cohen]] clothes cleaners & shoe repair (1946)
** 5004: former location of [[Gary Theatre]] (1924)
*** 5001A: [[Larry Williams Income Tax]] (2011–)
** 5005–5007: former location of [[Fairfield Theatre (1950s)|Fairfield Theatre]] (1950s)
*** 5001B: former location of [[Tony's Beauty Salon]] (2011)
* [[51st Street Ensley]] intersects
** 5002: former location of [[J. W. McNutt]] drugs (1925), [[Charles Crane]] auto accessories (1946)
** 5104: [[Stephen Smith Fine Art]] (2016–), former location of [[Fairfield Theatre (1920s)|Fairfield Theatre]] (1920s)
** 5003: [[New Era Heating & Cooling]] (2016–), former location of [[Ford Rental Co.]] (1925), [[Capstone Counseling Center]] / [[Neo Jazz School of Music]]
* [[52nd Street Ensley]] intersects
** 5004: [[Lacy & Sons Car Wash]], former location of [[Gary Theatre]] (1924–1925)
** 5224: former location of [[Piggly Wiggly]] (1925)
** 5006: [[InterUrban Accounting & Tax Service]], former location of [[S. M. Miller]] general merchandise (1925)
** 5005–5009: [[Ann's Flooring]]
*** 5005–5007: former location of [[Fairfield Theatre (1950s)|Fairfield Theatre]] (1950s)
** 5008: [[Now Faith Church]], former location of [[A & P|A & P Tea Co.]] (1925), [[D. Hugh Hamilton]] electrical / [[Marvin Waldrop]] watch repair (1946), [[Erwin Appliance Co.]] (1977)
** 5010: former location of [[Fairfield Radio & Electric Co.]] (1925), [[James Embry]] grocery (1935–1946)
** 5011: [[The Eye Care Place]]
** 5013–5019: [[Ann's Flooring]]
** 5012: [[Beautiful Endings Hair Studio]]
** 5014–5018: former location of [[Green-Mount Furniture Co.]] (1946)
*** 5014: former location of [[Fairfield Real Estate & Insurance Co.]] / [[People's Building & Loan Association]] (1925), [[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)
** 5015: former location of [[Eubrie Hamrick]] used cars (1946)
** 5021: [[American Legion Post 347]], former location of [[C. M. Ferlise]] confectionery (1946)
* [[51st Street Ensley]] intersects (Gary Avenue also addressed as [[Valley Road]])
** 5100: former location of [[Hill Grocery Co.]] (1925–1946)
** 5104: [[Fairfield Theatre building]] (built c. 1920), [[Stephen Smith Fine Art]] (2016–), former location of [[Fairfield Theatre (1920s)|Fairfield Theatre]] (1920–1946), [[T-Shirt Shop]] (2011)
** 5106: [[Aicha's African Hair Braiding]], former location of [[Angelo Angelakis]] hat cleaner (1935), [[William Guilian]] grocery (1946)
** 5110: former location of [[John Comnearis]] restaurant / [[Thomas Borum]] jeweler / [[Syx-Moxley Realty Co.]] (1925), [[Charles Tombrello]] shoe repair (1946)
*** 5110A: former location of [[William Hereford]] refrigerator repair (1946)
** 5112: [[Kids Inc. Christian Academy]] (2011–), former location of [[C. W. Brand]] grocery (1925), [[Fairfield Sanitary Market]] (1935), [[Stephen Cruce]] drugs (1946)
** 5114: former location of [[B. B. Montgomery]] dry goods (1925), [[Nu Way Cleaners]] (1935), [[Roth Credit Clothes Co.]] (1946)
** 5116: [[Fairfield Main Street]] (2011–), former location of [[James H. Long]] barber (1935–1946)
** 5117: former location of [[Fairfield Motor Co.]] / [[Fairfield Battery Service Co.]] (1925)
** 5118:
*** 5118A: [[MD African Hair Braiding]], former location of [[KNOW Business Power Solutions]] (2011), [[Greekwood Monogram]]
*** 5118B: [[Elegance African Hair Braiding]] (2009–2011)
** 5120: [[Levert, Levert & Associates]] (2009–)
** 5122: former location of [[Stewart Plumbing & Heating]] (1925)
** 5124: former location of [[M. A. Taylor]] grocery (1925)
* [[52nd Street Ensley]] intersects, avenue continues as [[Valley Road]]
** 5200: former location of [[T. P. Hornberger]] dairy products (1925)
** 5205: former location of [[Emmett Eubanks]] transfer (1925)
** 5212: former location of [[M. Ernest Cockrell]] dry goods (1925)
** 5213: former location of [[Model City Garage]] (1925)
** 5214: former location of [[Hosey Mercantile Co.]] (1925)
** 5216: former location of [[J. A. Wicker]] general merchandise (1925)
** 5218: former location of [[Smith Stove & Hardware Co.]] (1925)
** 5220: former location of [[Drummond & Williams]] clothiers (1925)
** 5222: former location of [[John Varavaris]] restaurant / [[Fairfield Barber Shop]] (1925)
** 5226: former location of [[Daniel Bros.]] barbers / [[Elton Journey]] shoe repair (1925)
** 5227: former location of [[Fairfield Trust & Savings Bank]] (1925)
** 5228: former location of [[Put and Take Store]] dry goods (1925)
*** 5228½: former location of [[M. H. Naff]] physician (1925)
 
==References==
* {{CD-1925}}
* {{CD-1935}}
* {{CD-1946}}
 
[[Category:Gary Avenue|*]]

Latest revision as of 15:05, 11 March 2024

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 City Directory (1925) Birmingham, Alabama: R. L. Polk & Co.
  • Polk's Birmingham (Jefferson County, Ala.) City Directory (1935) Richmond, Virginia: R. L. Polk & Co.
  • Polk's Birmingham (Jefferson County, Ala.) City Directory (1946) Richmond, Virginia: R. L. Polk & Co.
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