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'''Niazuma Avenue''' is the name of a segment of road connecting [[26th Street South]] at [[Highland Avenue]] to [[Pawnee Avenue]] in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Highland Park neighborhood|Highland Park]] neighborhood.
'''Niazuma Avenue''' is the name of a segment of road connecting [[26th Street South]] at [[Highland Avenue]] to [[Pawnee Avenue]] in [[Birmingham]]'s [[Highland Park neighborhood|Highland Park]] neighborhood.


In the early 20th century, Niazuma Avenue continued to [[29th Street South]] (then called [[29th Street South|Iroquois Street]]), before becoming Pawnee Avenue. Addresses that now begin in the 2600s were then listed in the 1200s, and so on.
In the early 20th century, Niazuma Avenue continued to [[29th Street South]] (then called [[29th Street South|Iroquois Street]]), before becoming Pawnee Avenue. Before the late 1910s, addresses that now begin in the 2600s were listed in the 1200s, and odd numbers were on the north, rather than the south side of the avenue.


==Notable addresses==
==Notable addresses==
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*** 2600–2610: [[Christopher Architecture & Interiors]]
*** 2600–2610: [[Christopher Architecture & Interiors]]
*** 2612–2630: [[The Murals on Niazuma]] apartments, formerly the [[Chesterfield Apartments]]
*** 2612–2630: [[The Murals on Niazuma]] apartments, formerly the [[Chesterfield Apartments]]
**** 2630 (1230): former location of [[J. E. Morriss residence]] (1909)
**** 2622 (1223): former location of [[S. L. Earle residence]] (1909–1917)
**** 2630 (1231): former location of [[H. R. Sanson residence]] (1909–1917)
** south side:
** south side:
*** 2601–2609: [[Highland View office building]]
*** 2601–2609: [[Highland View office building]]
*** 2611–2631: [[Capri on Caldwell]] (built 2007), former location of [[Capri Apartments]] (built 1959, demolished 2005)
*** 2611–2631: [[Capri on Caldwell]] (built 2007), former location of [[Capri Apartments]] (built 1959, demolished 2005)
**** 2623 (1223): former location of [[S. L. Earle residence]] (1909)
**** 2631 (1230): former location of [[J. E. Morriss residence]] (1909), [[F. C. Finch]] (1917)
**** 2631 (1231): former location of [[H. R. Sanson residence]] (1909)
* [[27th Place South]] intersects (formerly [[27th Place South|Linden Street]])
* [[27th Place South]] intersects (formerly [[27th Place South|Linden Street]])
** 2700: [[Theodore Swann residence (Niazuma Avenue)|Theodore Swann residence]] (1930s)
** north side
** 2728: [[Sterling Foster residence]] (built 1913), home of [[Hugo Black]] (1930s–1940s), [[Red Mountain School]] (1972–1978), [[Aletheia House]] (1978–1983), [[Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs]] (1983–)
*** 2700 (1301): former location of [[J. W. Shook residence]] (1917), [[Theodore Swann]] (1930s)
** 2730 (1330): former location of [[A. J. Krebs residence]] (1909)
*** 2704 (1305): former location of Mrs [[E. L. Roden]] residence (1917)
*** 2728 (2714): [[Sterling Foster residence]] (built 1913), home of [[Hugo Black]] (1930s–1940s), [[Red Mountain School]] (1972–1978), [[Aletheia House]] (1978–1983), [[Alabama Federation of Women's Clubs]] (1983–)
*** 2730 (1330): former location of [[A. J. Krebs residence]] (1909)
** south side:
*** 2719 (1320): former location of [[W. T. Fox residence]] (1917)
*** 2723 (1324): former location of [[H. J. Porter residence]] (1917)
*** 2747: former location of [[W. H. Kettig residence]] (1917)
* [[Niazuma Circle]] intersects (south only)
* [[Niazuma Circle]] intersects (south only)
* road continues as [[Pawnee Avenue]]
* road continues as [[Pawnee Avenue]]


[[Category:Niazuma Avenue|*]]
[[Category:Niazuma Avenue|*]]

Revision as of 10:15, 12 September 2020

Niazuma Avenue is the name of a segment of road connecting 26th Street South at Highland Avenue to Pawnee Avenue in Birmingham's Highland Park neighborhood.

In the early 20th century, Niazuma Avenue continued to 29th Street South (then called Iroquois Street), before becoming Pawnee Avenue. Before the late 1910s, addresses that now begin in the 2600s were listed in the 1200s, and odd numbers were on the north, rather than the south side of the avenue.

Notable addresses