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'''Pawnee Avenue''' is the name of a segment of road connecting [[Niazuma Avenue]] to [[Country Club Road]] through the [[Irondale Gap]] of [[Red Mountain]]. The road divides [[Birmingham]]'s [[Highland Park neighborhood|Highland Park]] and [[Redmont Park]] neighborhoods. | '''Pawnee Avenue''' is the name of a segment of road connecting [[Niazuma Avenue]] to [[Country Club Road]] through the [[Irondale Gap]] of [[Red Mountain]]. The road divides [[Birmingham]]'s [[Highland Park neighborhood|Highland Park]] and [[Redmont Park]] neighborhoods. | ||
The road was improved as part of the [[Birmingham Realty Company]]'s "Estate Sector". The word "Pawnee" is an Anglicized version of the Siouan name for a tribe of Native Americans living in what is now Nebraska. | |||
Most of the estates on the south side of Pawnee Avenue were demolished in the early 1990s for construction of the [[Redmont Park (gated community)|Redmont Park]] gated community and [[Redmont Park Condominiums]], both accessed from [[Niazuma Circle]]. Part of the grass-covered slope between the road and the community's entranceway was turned over the the city and dedicated as [[Hugo Black Park]]. | Most of the estates on the south side of Pawnee Avenue were demolished in the early 1990s for construction of the [[Redmont Park (gated community)|Redmont Park]] gated community and [[Redmont Park Condominiums]], both accessed from [[Niazuma Circle]]. Part of the grass-covered slope between the road and the community's entranceway was turned over the the city and dedicated as [[Hugo Black Park]]. | ||
Revision as of 11:56, 9 September 2020
Pawnee Avenue is the name of a segment of road connecting Niazuma Avenue to Country Club Road through the Irondale Gap of Red Mountain. The road divides Birmingham's Highland Park and Redmont Park neighborhoods.
The road was improved as part of the Birmingham Realty Company's "Estate Sector". The word "Pawnee" is an Anglicized version of the Siouan name for a tribe of Native Americans living in what is now Nebraska.
Most of the estates on the south side of Pawnee Avenue were demolished in the early 1990s for construction of the Redmont Park gated community and Redmont Park Condominiums, both accessed from Niazuma Circle. Part of the grass-covered slope between the road and the community's entranceway was turned over the the city and dedicated as Hugo Black Park.
Notable addresses
- road continues from Niazuma Avenue
- Niazuma Circle intersects (south only)
- 2801: Hugo Black Park
- 29th Street South intersects (south only)
- 2900: Oscar Hundley residence (built 1910)
- 2901: former location of Andrew Fulenwider residence, later home of Frank Nelson Jr (1920s), Harry Jackson (1940s) Southeastern Bible College (1947–1988)
- 2912: Pawnee Square apartments
- 2934: Sterling Lanier residence (1913)
- 2935: former location of Crawford Johnson residence (1913)
- 30th Street South intersects (south only)
- 31st Street South intersects (south only)
- 3100: residence
- 3113: Riviera South apartments
- 3220: Francis Falkenburg residence
- 3300: Hilltop Apartments
- Altamont Road intersects (south only)
- Argyle Road intersects
- road continues as Country Club Road