Roebuck Springs subdivision
The Roebuck Springs subdivision is an historic residential neighborhood in Birmingham's Roebuck Springs - South Roebuck neighborhood.
The subdivision was created on land granted to pioneer farmer Audly Hamilton by President James Monroe in 1825 and passed down to the Wilson family. The East Lake Land Company partnered with in the Roebuck Auto and Golf Club in 1910 to finance the development, which was planned by Robert Jemison Jr.
Jemison, inspired by contemporary automobile suburbs, planned the neighborhood with curving roads and estate-size lots on which were constructed a variety of homes in the Craftsman, English Arts & Crafts and Tudor Revival styles. Many of the new residences were large, but some, intended as summer cottages, were rather modest in size.
The Roebuck Springs Historic District was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.
References
- Ruisi, Anne (April 5, 2010) "Birmingham's Roebuck Springs neighborhood turning 100." The Birmingham News