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- 12:08, 18 May 2024 New Hope Community Development Federal Credit Union (hist | edit) [843 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''New Hope Community Development Federal Credit Union''' was chartered in 1996 to serve Birmingham's West End community. In 2001 the credit union was awarded $95,000 from the U.S. Treasury Department's Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. The organization was a partner in SouthTrust Bank's Centennial Place non-profit incubator on 19th Street North. In 2009 the credit union had just over 900 members and held approximate...")
- 11:15, 18 May 2024 List of large nonprofits (hist | edit) [1,808 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This is a '''list of large nonprofits''' operating under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code Section 501(c)(3) and based in the Birmingham area. The list does not include organizations operating under the tax exemption for churches. They are ranked by reported revenues, from research conducted annually by the ''Birmingham Business Journal''. ==2023== # United Way of Central Alabama, $107.4 million # Eternal Word Television Network, $89.5 million # Sout...")
- 11:03, 18 May 2024 List of public companies (hist | edit) [1,348 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This is a '''list of public companies''' headquartered in the Birmingham area. They are ranked by market capitalization, from research conducted annually by the ''Birmingham Business Journal''. ==2023== # Vulcan Materials (NYSE: '''VMC'''), valued at $28 billion # Regions Financial Corp. (NYSE: '''RF'''), valued at $17 billion # Encompass Health (NYSE: '''EHC'''), valued at $7 billion # Medical Properties Trust (NYSE: '''MPW'''), val...")
- 09:41, 18 May 2024 James Roy (hist | edit) [1,636 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''James Alexander Roy''' (born October 19, 1836 in Chambly, Québec; died January 24, 1906 in Birmingham) was a merchant and landlord. Roy lived for a while in Saskatchewan, and moved to New Orleans, Louisiana in 1859. He built up a successful mercantile businesses in Aberdeen in northeast Mississippi. He married the former Annie Dearing, 16 years his junior, there on August 23, 1873. They shared a home with her mother and celebrated the...")
- 21:07, 17 May 2024 Greater Mt Carmel Missionary Baptist Church (hist | edit) [394 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Greater Mt Carmel Missionary Baptist Church''' is located at 1409 Martin Luther King Drive in South Titusville. The pastor is Gregory R. Glaster. {{stub}} ==External link== * [https://www.facebook.com/GMCBham/ Greater Mount Carmel Missionary Baptist Church] on Facebook Category:Martin Luther King Jr Drive Category:Baptist churches Category:Churches in Titusville") originally created as "Greater Mt Carmel Baptist Church"
- 19:28, 17 May 2024 Valley Christian Church (hist | edit) [911 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Valley Christian Church''' is a congregation of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) located in Mountain Brook at 2600 Cherokee Place just off of both Cherokee Road and Highway 280. The congregation was founded in 1951 and initially met on Cahaba Road in Mountain Brook Village. Its brick Gothic revival building was designed by Charles McCauley and erected in 1961. ==Pastors== * Rick Malugani, 2024 to present ==Exter...")
- 16:21, 17 May 2024 Maize (hist | edit) [263 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Maize''' can refer to any of the following: * Maize, the Spanish word for corn, derived from the Taino word "mahiz" * the color maize, associated with corn, used in the Alabama State Seal * "Maize", a yellow cardinal {{disambig}}")
- 14:09, 17 May 2024 Pelham Fire Station No. 3 (hist | edit) [971 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Pelham Fire Station No. 3''' is a operated by the Pelham Fire Department at 5952 Shelby County Road 11. The station is equipped with a 2016 Pierce Velocity fire engine, operated as "Engine 93". It also houses hazardous material and tactical support units and the office of the city's fire marshal, Wes Greene. Previously located at 1297 Shelby County Road 52, the department moved into its present facility in November 2022. Southeastern Constructi...")
- 10:52, 17 May 2024 Marshall Durbin Companies (hist | edit) [3,532 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Marshall Durbin Companies''' was a major poultry producer founded in Birmingham in 1930 by Marshall Durbin Sr. Durbin had begun working in real estate, but the effects of the October 1929 stock market crash changed his plans. With $500 borrowed from a friend he opened a fish stand, expanding to a second location in 1932, adding live poultry to his offerings to boost summer sales. He soon enlisted institutional customers and opened a dressing and d...")
- 17:07, 16 May 2024 Mar-Jac Poultry Alabama (hist | edit) [3,669 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Mar-Jac Poultry Alabama''' is a Gainesville, Georgia-based poultry processor which operates a large processing plant in Jasper, as well as a hatcher and feed mill in Franklin County, truck shops in Jasper and Haleyville, and a distribution center in connection with Butts Foods on Robinwood Drive in Jefferson County. The company was founded in 1954 by brothers Marvin and Jack McKibbon who sought to industrialize poultry production in Northeast Geor...")
- 13:31, 16 May 2024 Pike Avenue Church of God (hist | edit) [760 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Pike Avenue Church of God''' was located at 2617 Pike Road in Ensley. Its gothic revival brick building was dedicated on May 27, 1951. It was part of the Church of God denomination based in Cleveland, Tennesee. {{stub}} ==Pastors== *Berle Sumner *A. V. Coker *Cecil Knight, 1951 ==References== * [https://archive.org/details/sim_church-of-god-evangel_1951-06-30_42_18/mode/2up "Pike Avenue, Birmingham, Alabama,...")
- 17:11, 15 May 2024 Kreher Preserve & Nature Center (hist | edit) [2,311 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Kreher Preserve & Nature Center''', also known as the '''Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve''' or '''KPNC''', is a 119-acre forest preserve at 2222 North College Street (Alabama State Route 147), north of Auburn. The parcel was acquired in the 1930s by Frank and Dr Louise Kreher Turner, who became an associate professor of health education and recreation at Auburn University. They raised beef cattle on the property for a few de...")
- 12:49, 15 May 2024 Hampton Inn Birmingham Mountain Brook (hist | edit) [752 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Hampton Inn Birmingham Mountain Brook''' is a 5-story, 25,000 square-foot hotel at 2731 U.S. Highway 280 in Mountain Brook. It was built in 1988. The hotel was renovated in 1999. In 2024 Sanjay Patel's Baron Hospitality acquired the building and ground lease from Hospitality Investors Trust of New York City for $7.5 million. Patel plans to undertake a refresh in interior fixtures, finishes and equip...")
- 19:16, 14 May 2024 George Watson (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [320 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''George Watson''' can refer to any of the following: * George Watson (1914–1943), awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in World War II. * George Watson (publisher), publisher of the ''Shades Valley Sun'' {{disambig}}")
- 19:07, 14 May 2024 Charles Zukoski (hist | edit) [4,904 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "right|thumb|Charles Zukoski '''Charles Frederick Zukoski Jr''' (born Charles Edward Zukoski September 24, 1898 in St Louis, Missouri; died August 24, 1996 in Tucson, Arizona) was a banker, opinion columnist, and first Mayor of Mountain Brook. Charles Edward was the son of Charles Frederick and Adele Biebinger Zukoski of St Louis. He chose to take his father's name at age 10. He attended Harvard College and earned his law...")
- 16:39, 14 May 2024 U.S. Highway 280 (western terminus) (hist | edit) [2,897 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''U.S. Highway 280 (western terminus)''', also called the '''U.S. Highway 280 (Mountain Brook)''', is a name given to the section of U.S. Highway 280 from its terminus at Elton B. Stephens Expressway (U.S. Highway 31) in Homewood to I-459. The section is mostly within the city limits of Mountain Brook, with some sections in Birmingham, Homewood, Vestavia Hills, and unincorporated Jefferson County. == Notable locations (west to e...")
- 11:25, 14 May 2024 Murray Hiam (hist | edit) [1,588 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Murray Leigh Hiam''' (born March 12, 1953 in Birmingham; died January 28, 2024 in Birmingham) was an artist and educator. Hiam was the son of John Stafford Hiam and the former Annie Laurie Shelnutt. He grew up in Birmingham, attending Glen Iris Elementary School and graduating from Ramsay High School. He earned a bachelor of arts in education at the University of Alabama and taught physical education classes. He later studied art and c...")
- 15:59, 13 May 2024 Womcom Media (hist | edit) [515 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Womcom Media''' is a film production company founded in 2012 by Greg Womble. ==Productions== * ''Covert Devotion: The Aurora Ritter Story'' (2024) * ''A Day and Two Hours Late: My Hunter S. Thompson Story'' (2020), co-produced by Willard Whitson * ''Love Without Parole'' (2022), co-produced by Elaine Witt * ''Visitor to Virgin Pines'' (2012) ==External links== * [https://www.womcommedia.com/ Womcom Media] website Category:Film prod...")
- 15:49, 13 May 2024 Instagift (hist | edit) [654 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Instagift''' is a technology company offering electronic gift cards, rewards programs and event ticketing. It was founded in 2007 by brothers Nate and Mike Schmidt. Its offices are located in Birmingham's Innovation Depot. ==Chief executives== * Nate Schmidt, 2007–2024 * Russell Hooks, 2024– ==References== * Rebman, Stephanie (May 9, 2024) "Bham digital gift card platform appoints new CEO." {{BBJ}} ==External links== *...")
- 15:02, 13 May 2024 2024 Birmingham Barons (hist | edit) [2,240 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "right|225px The '''2024 Birmingham Barons''' was the 11th Barons team to play in downtown Birmingham's Regions Field. The season marked the 1st season under the ownership of Diamond Baseball Holdings (DBH) of Menlo Park, California, and the team's 37th year as a Chicago White Sox AA affiliate. The Barons played as part of the North Division of Minor League Baseball's 8-team "Double-A South". Division rivals in...")
- 11:34, 13 May 2024 Eureka School (hist | edit) [2,141 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{Infobox former school |name =Eureka School |image = |years = 1927–1969 |grades = 1-7 |enrollment = 140 |enroll-year = 1955 |colors = |mascot = |address =812 18th Way Southwest |city = Birmingham |map = ({{Locate_address_inline | address = 812+18th+Way+SW | zoom=17 | type=h }}) |district = Birmingham City Schools }} '''Eureka School''' is a former Birmingham City Schools elementary school for Black students in grades 1 throug...")
- 09:21, 13 May 2024 Moxi (hist | edit) [845 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Moxi LLC''' is a business founded by Cori Fain-Forrest which uses a smartphone app to connect parents to opportunities for temporary childcare services at short notice. ==References== * Harwell, Harper (May 7, 2024) "New child care center planned for Lakeview area." {{BBJ}} ==External links== * [https://www.moxichildcare.com/ Moxi] website Category:Internet technology Category:Innovation Depot Category:2023 establishments")
- 07:02, 12 May 2024 Drayton Nabers (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [241 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Drayton Nabers''' may refer to any of the following: * Drayton Nabers pioneer settler of Jonesboro in 1816 * Drayton Nabers, chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court (born 1940) {{disambig}}")
- 14:11, 11 May 2024 Fort Payne time capsule (hist | edit) [720 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Fort Payne time capsule''' was created on the 100th anniversary of the city of Fort Payne, on April 18, 1989. The capsule contains a VHS videotape of the city's birthday celebration, including the singing of "Happy Birthday" by the country group Alabama and the cutting of a 100,000 pound birthday cake. It also holds a videocassette recorder on which to play the tape. The capsule is planned t...")
- 16:19, 10 May 2024 2024 Sidewalk Film Festival (hist | edit) [1,407 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''2024 Sidewalk Film Festival''', held on August 19-25, 2024 was the 26th in the annual series. The theme for the festival was "Women Lead Film", and first slate of features selected for screening were all directed by women. <!--The opening night film, screened at the Alabama Theater, was Miranda Yousef's "Art for Everybody", a documentary about Thomas Kinkade. Other venues included the Sidewalk Film...")
- 12:16, 10 May 2024 Alabama Farm Center (hist | edit) [1,575 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Alabama Farm Center''' is a proposed $158 million livestock and agricultural facility to be constructed in the Hallmark Cooperative District at the former 567-acre Hallmark Farm near I-65 in Warrior. The farm property was acquired by a joint initiative of Jefferson County and the City of Warrior for $7.5 million in 2019. In 2023 the Alabama Farmers Federation's Alabama Rural Economic Center proposed to construct a major far...")
- 11:15, 10 May 2024 2300 1st Avenue North (hist | edit) [3,884 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''2300 1st Avenue North''' is a 3-story brick commercial building constructed in the 1910s on the southwest corner of Block 103, northeast of the intersection of 1st Avenue North and 23rd Street North. The 50-foot by 140-foot building was originally addressed as 2300–2302, but is presently 2300–2304. The brown brick building features a large metal cornice which continues across the south and west street façades, and halfway...")
- 08:44, 10 May 2024 Big Dixie (hist | edit) [1,066 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Big Dixie''' was a rock band formed by guitarist Tim Boykin, drummer Matt Kimbrell, bassist Don Tinsley and vocalist Rick Lovelady. They described their sound as "the best of 50s rockabilly, 60s armory rock," and their stage presence as "the Four Stooges of the Rock Apocalypse." The group performed regularly at The Nick, The Oasis, Otey's, and Smokey Joe's Cafe. Big Dixie released a self-titled 18-track album with cover art by Boykin,...")
- 12:25, 9 May 2024 Guinness World Record holders (hist | edit) [19,019 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "right|thumb|375px|The 2010 World Record for "Largest Pot of Baked Beans" being set at the [[Alabama Butterbean Festival.]] This is a list of '''Guinness World Record holders''', including only those recognized by Guinness World Records Ltd. of London, England. ==1960s== * November 12, 1965: "Largest object transported by railway," a 106-foot tall reactor weighing 600 tons was transported by rail from Birmingham to Toledo, Oh...")
- 09:04, 9 May 2024 Concord Preparation Plant (hist | edit) [3,026 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Concord Preparation Plant''' is a coal processing facility located off of Warrior River Road, south of Concord and west of Hueytown. It is connected to the Oak Grove Mine by a 7-mile conveyor which crosses over 15th Street Road. The plant washes the coal to remove soil, and crushes it into graded sizes for international markets for low-sulfur metallurgical coking coal. Output from the plant is carried by rail or truck, with exports leaving from...")
- 16:46, 8 May 2024 1651 Independence Court (hist | edit) [1,572 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''1651 Independence Court''' is a 29,969 square-foot medical office building with a 15,670 square-foot indoor gymnasium located on a 3.1 acre parcel on Independence Court, near Brookwood Hospital in unincorporated Jefferson County between Homewood and Vestavia Hills. It was built for D1 Sports Training in 2010 at a cost of $1.5 million, and has an 82-space parking lot. After D1 relocated to a smaller facility in 2018, the ind...")
- 15:49, 8 May 2024 Independence Corner (hist | edit) [1,848 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Independence Corner''', originally '''Muirfield Village''', is an 11,000 square-foot retail strip shopping center located at 1920–1944 28th Avenue South, at the corner of Independence Drive (U.S. Highway 31) in Downtown Homewood. It is fronted by a 33-space parking lot. Independence Corner was developed in 1991 by FRW Properties Ltd, shortly after the opening of the 2-story Merchant's Walk shopping center across the street. In 2004 the o...")
- 09:03, 8 May 2024 Birmingham City Attorney (hist | edit) [1,768 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (1st pass)
- 15:54, 7 May 2024 List of unbuilt development projects (hist | edit) [3,412 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "This is a '''List of unbuilt development projects'''. * The Block, a $250 million redevelopment of the 1900 block of 2nd Avenue North in three phases, including a 48-story "Dansby Tower" hotel/apartment building. Proposed by TUF Inc. of Phoenix, Arizona. * Global Forum for Freedom & Justice on land owned by Alabama Power Company near the Civil Rights District ([https://www.freedomandjustice.com/ link]). A similar concept was previously projected...")
- 15:37, 7 May 2024 The Percée (hist | edit) [995 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The Percée''' is a 3-story, 10-unit condominium building with 2 live-work shop spaces facing the Rotary Trail on Block 120 at 2115 1st Avenue South in Birmingham's Five Points South neighborhood. An adjacent 4,000 square-foot building was renovated for an office tenant as part of the project. The $7 million complex was developed by "City Trail View LLC"m incorporated by Matthew Evans. Tammy Cohen of CCR Arc...")
- 11:56, 7 May 2024 Matador Lounge (hist | edit) [148 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Matador Lounge''' was a gay bar located at 208 22nd Street North in the 1970s. {{stub}} Category:Gay bars Category:22nd Street North")
- 08:26, 7 May 2024 Cedar Grove Baptist Church (hist | edit) [237 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Cedar Grove Baptist Church''' can refer to any of the following: * Cedar Grove Baptist Church (Leeds) * Cedar Grove Missionary Baptist Church (Hayden) {{disambig}}")
- 16:47, 6 May 2024 Noelia Voigt (hist | edit) [2,860 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Noelia Voigt''' (born November 1, 1999 in Sarasota, Florida) is a fashion model and former Miss USA. Voigt is the daughter of Jack Voigt, a former professional baseball player, and Jackeline Coromoto Briceño, a native of Maracaibo, Venezuela. She grew up in Florida and attended the Pine View School for the Gifted in Osprey. In 2018 she enrolled in the Aveda Institute in Birmingham, graduating in 2019 as valedictorian of her class and co-found...")
- 13:22, 4 May 2024 East Lake Highlands Church of God of Prophecy (hist | edit) [564 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''East Lake Highlands Church of God of Prophecy''' is located in East Lake at 7267 Higdon Road. Its current church building was erected in 1962. {{stub}} ==Pastors== * J. A. Thorn * Marvin Davis * Gary Archie, 2024 ==References== * Bains, David (May 4, 2024) [https://chasingchurches.org/2024/05/04/east-lake-highlands-church-of-god-of-prophecy/ East Lake Highlands Church of God of Prophecy] ''Chasing Churches'' Category:Churches in East Lake...")
- 16:31, 3 May 2024 Mopane (hist | edit) [664 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Mopane''' (born April 17, 2024 at the Birmingham Zoo) is a female reticulated giraffe born to Jalil and Ruby and exhibited at the Zoo's Trails of Africa exhibit. She is Ruby's first offspring. Her arrival expanded the zoo's collection of giraffes to 5. Mopane's name, pronounced "Mo-Paw-Nee" refers to a balsam tree native to Southern Africa favored for browsing by giraffes. It was the top vote-getter among four suggested names offered to partic...")
- 10:44, 3 May 2024 Naples Avenue (hist | edit) [416 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Naples Avenue''', also called '''Naples Avenue South''' is a mostly residential street in Brown Springs that runs south from one block north of 72nd Street South to Rugby Avenue. ==Notable Addresses== * 7247: former location of Brown Springs Super Market (1981) * 7340: St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church East Lake * 7600: Mount Vernon Baptist Church *")
- 07:09, 3 May 2024 Martin Memorial Methodist Church (hist | edit) [1,004 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Martin Memorial Methodist Church''' (later known as '''Martin Memorial United Methodist Church''') was a congregation of the North Alabama Conference located at 4221 8th Avenue in Wylam. It was founded in 1888. It is named for Wylam's pioneering businessman Joseph Martin. The congrgation built a Gothic revival sanctuary buildng designed by T. L. Brodie in 1926. After the congregati...")
- 20:37, 2 May 2024 Fulton Springs Methodist Church (hist | edit) [1,010 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Fulton Springs Methodist Church''' is a congregation of the Global Methodist Church located at 1900 Stouts Road in Fultondale. It was established as part of the North Alabama Conference| of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. It laid the cornerstone of its current sanctuary building on September 1, 1925. From 1968 until 2022-2023, it was known as '''Fulton Springs United Methodist Church'''. Like ma...")
- 16:05, 29 April 2024 Scooby Wright (hist | edit) [4,446 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Philip Anthony "Scooby" Wright III''' (born August 28, 1994 in Windsor, California) is a former linebacker for the 2022 and 2023 Birmingham Stallions in the United States Football League. Wright is the son of Philip and Annette Wright, who were living in California while his father coached softball at Santa Rosa Junior College. It was his father...")
- 11:43, 29 April 2024 Harwell Goodwin Davis Library (hist | edit) [565 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Harwell Goodwin Davis Library''' is the central building on the campus of Samford University. It was named for Samford president Harwell Goodwin Davis and, like the rest of the campus, designed by Van Keuren and Davis. It was opened with the rest of the Shades Valley campus in 1957. In 1993 the building was renovated and a north wing added. It is named the Frank. W. & Clara Clements Hundall Library. {{stub}} Category:Samford University...")
- 06:53, 28 April 2024 Noble Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church (hist | edit) [806 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Noble Chapel Christian Methodist Episcopal Church''' is located at 3700 Maple Avenue Southwest and was established in 1946. Its current building was erected in 1975. It is part of the Fifth Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church. {{stub}} ==Pastors== * E. D. Williams * A. S. Crear * Steven Hoyt, 2024 ==References== * Bains, David R. (April 28, 2024) [https://chasingchurches.org/2024/04/28/noble-chapel-christian-method...")
- 18:16, 27 April 2024 Earth, Wind, and Water (hist | edit) [1,933 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Earth, Wind, and Water: The Landscape of Alabama''' is a living interior mural on the wall of the concourse at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport. It was installed in 2014 to a design by quilter Muff Johnston. {{stub}} Category: Birmingham airport Category: 2014 works")
- 17:13, 26 April 2024 UAB Office of Research (hist | edit) [1,041 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''UAB Office of Research''' is an administrative unit at UAB responsible for leading and supporting the university's "research enterprise" by promoting excellence and creativity in research projects that contribute to mankind's knowledge and support economic growth in Birmingham and Alabama. The office is located in room 720 of the UAB Administration Building. It is headed by Vice President for Research Christopher S. Brown. <!--* Associate Vic...")
- 14:40, 25 April 2024 McElroy Memorial United Methodist Church (hist | edit) [739 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''McElroy Memorial United Methodist Church''' was located at 900 39th Street North in East Birmingham. Its brick mid-century traditional building was erected in 1947 by E. M. McElroy when the congregation was known as '''McElroy Memorial Methodist Church'''. ==Pastors== * S. A. Lowery, 1947 ==References== * Bains, David R. (April 25, 2024) [https://chasingchurches.org/2024/04/25/mcelroy-memorial-methodist-church-rhema-word-ministries/ “McElro...")
- 14:17, 25 April 2024 Hillsboro School (hist | edit) [1,616 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The Hillsboro School''' is a private non-profit grade school located on a 30-acre mostly wooded campus at 73 Elvira Road in Helena. It is an affiliate of the American Montessori Society and the International Montessori Council and is the only Montessori high school in the Birmingham area. It was founded in 2017 and took the name "Hillsboro" from the mid-19th century community that grew into Helena. The school's executive director is Wendy Poczatek....")
- 11:51, 24 April 2024 The James (hist | edit) [1,745 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The James''' is a 272-unit luxury apartment complex with a five level, 373-space parking garage and a small retail component located on the former site of the Highland Plaza shopping center, on the 2200 block of Highland Avenue, between 22nd Street South and 11th Court South. The complex features and outdoor courtyard and swimming pool for residents. 22nd Street Partners LLC, an affiliate of Daniel Corporation, purchased the shopping center in 2...")
- 09:16, 24 April 2024 West End Purity Holiness Church of God (hist | edit) [818 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''West End Purity Holiness Church of God''' also known as '''West End Purity Holiness Church''' is located at 1245 Cotton Avenue in the former West End United Methodist Church sanctuary building. The church celebrated its 69th anniversary in October 2016. Its pastor was Bishop Darryl Graves. He succeeded his father, the late James Graves in May 2016. {{stub}} ==External links== * [https://www.facebook.com/wephc/ West End Purity Holiness Church]...")
- 09:00, 24 April 2024 West End United Methodist Church (hist | edit) [817 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''West End United Methodist Church''' was a congregation of the United Methodist Church founded in 1890. It was located at the corner of Cotton Avenue and 13th Street Southwest in West End. After the congregation closed its older sanctuary building became the home of West End Purity Holiness Church of God while is adjoining newer buildings became the home of United Methodist-related Urban Ministry. =...")
- 12:50, 23 April 2024 Rebecca Yeager (hist | edit) [2,119 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Rebecca Kornegay Yeager''' (born April 16, 1984 in Birmingham) is an actor, stage director and adjunct professor at Auburn University at Montgomery. Yeager graduated from Jefferson County International Baccalaureate School in 2002 and enrolled at Birmingham-Southern College to study theatre arts. She completed her bachelor's degree in 2006 and was hired by the college as an admissions counselor. She completed a master of fine arts at the U...")
- 11:41, 23 April 2024 Michael Flowers (hist | edit) [2,323 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Michael Flowers''' (born November 12, 1956 in North Little Rock, Arkansas) was a professor of theatre arts at Birmingham-Southern College for 37 years, and chair of the at Department of Theatre until his retirement in 2021. Flowers graduated from North Little Rock Northeast High School and enrolled at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro to study sports journalism. He became interested in theater there and earned his...")
- 20:29, 22 April 2024 Greater Judah Ministries Church of God in Christ (hist | edit) [558 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Greater Judah Ministries Church of God in Christ''' is a Pentecostal church located at 5001 1st Avenue North in Woodlawn. The pastor is Leon Lewis, Jr.. ==External link== * [https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61554735184414 Greater Judah Ministries] Facebook page {{stub}} Category:Churches in Woodlawn Category:1st Avenue North Category:50th Street North Category:Church of God in Christ churches")
- 19:09, 22 April 2024 St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church East Lake (hist | edit) [672 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church East Lake''' is located at 7340 Naples Avenue in Brown Springs, a neighborhood of the greater East Lake neighborhood. The church was established in 1908 and erected its current building in 1965. {{stub}} ==References== * Bains, David R. (April 22, 2024) [https://chasingchurches.org/2024/04/22/st-paul-african-methodist-episcopal-church-east-lake/ "St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church East Lake" ''Ch...")
- 16:33, 22 April 2024 Is-Able Ministries (hist | edit) [1,485 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Is-Able Ministries''' is a non-profit organization founded in 1998 by Lorenzo Brown which provides assistance to people with physical and mental disabilities. The organization offers independent living programs and support for caregivers. Its programs include goal-setting, self-advocacy, conflict resolution, and financial literacy, along with help finding employment or preparing for college or a career. The organization is also able to help meet material needs...")
- 15:36, 22 April 2024 Irondale Civic Center (hist | edit) [1,177 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Irondale Civic Center''' is a 57,359 square-foot meeting hall and events center at the former Zamora Shrine Center at 3521 Ratliff Road in Irondale, near the intersection of I-459 at I-20. The City of Irondale purchases the property for $5 million in 2022 for future redevelopment. The city planned to work with private partners on a master plan consistent with the Blueprint Irondale Comprehensive Plan. After acquiring the building Iro...")
- 15:10, 22 April 2024 William Harris (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [789 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''William Harris''' can refer to any of the following: * William F. "Bill" Harris, director of physical education for Birmingham City Schools * Bill Harris Jr (1935–2011), founder of American Marble Co. * William H. Harris (1944–2024), president of Alabama State University {{disambig}}")
- 14:52, 22 April 2024 William H. Harris (hist | edit) [3,124 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''William Hamilton Harris''' (born July 22, 1944 in Fitzgerald, Georgia; died April 19, 2024 in Hilton Head, South Carolina) was a historian and president of Alabama State University for two separate terms, from 1994 to 2000, and again from 2008 to 2012. Harris grew up in Georgia and earned his bachelor’s degree at Paine College in Augusta in 1966. He went on to complete a master of arts and Ph.D. at Indiana University in Bloom...")
- 10:32, 22 April 2024 Sally Nemeth (hist | edit) [3,128 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Sarah Louise "Sally" Nemeth''' (born 1959 in Chicago, Illinois; died July 30, 2021 in Los Angeles, California) was a playwright, screenwriter, novelist and educator. Sally was one of three daughters born to Edward and Nancy Nemeth of Chicago. During her childhood the family lived in Ogden Dunes, Indiana and Wilmington, Deleware before moving to Birmingham. She attended the Alabama School of Fine Arts and transferred to Indian Springs School as...")
- 08:45, 20 April 2024 First Baptist Church Graymont (hist | edit) [865 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''First Baptist Church Graymont''' was established in 1885 and erected a new building in 1923. In 1965 it dedicated its current building at 100 9th Court West in College Hills. It erected an additional building in 1986. {{stub}} ==Pastors== * H. Lanier, 1920-1947 * R. M. Joseph, 1947-1971 * J. W. Croom, 1972-2018 * Bryan Harper, 2024 ==External link== * [https://www.firstbaptistgraymont.org/ First Baptist Church Graymont] websi...")
- 17:03, 19 April 2024 Harris Homes (hist | edit) [1,180 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Harris Homes''' is a 200-unit public housing project operated by the Housing Authority of the Birmingham District located at 514 Chester Avenue, arrayed around Brussels Circle, off Brussels Avenue and south of Georgia Road in the Oak Ridge Park neighborhood of Birmingham's Woodlawn community. A community and recreation center is located at the eastern end of the complex. The community backs up to the Inte...")
- 15:48, 19 April 2024 Kool-Aid McKinstry (hist | edit) [2,000 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Ga'Quincy "Kool-Aid" McKinstry''' (born September 30, 2002 in Birmingham) is a football player. He was the 2021 Alabama "Mr Football", and the USA Today High School Football Defensive Player of the Year, and an All-American cornerback for the 2023 Alabama Crimson Tide football team. McKinstry's grandmother gave him his nickname, because his smile reminded her of the Kool-Aid Man. He attended Pi...")
- 17:04, 18 April 2024 Larry Simmons Stadium (hist | edit) [1,084 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Larry Simmons Stadium''' (formerly '''Thompson High School Stadium''' or '''Warrior Stadium''') is a football stadium in Alabaster which serves as the home field for the Thompson High School Warriors football team. It was dedicated on October 30, 1992. The stadium is also used by the Birmingham United Soccer Association and the Alabama FC women's soccer team. A new entrance pavilion with restrooms and ticket booths was completed in April 20...")
- 14:48, 17 April 2024 Birmingham-Southern Theatre (hist | edit) [18,000 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Birmingham-Southern Theatre''' was a performing arts program and the primary activity of Birmingham-Southern College's Department of Theatre, comprised of undergraduate students enrolled in bachelor of arts programs in theatre arts and musical theatre, as well as students in other majors pursuing electives. Before closing with the college in May 2024 the program usually staged four major productions and six student productions each year. BSC hosted a chapter...")
- 12:36, 17 April 2024 Barry Austin (hist | edit) [1,801 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Barry Clark Austin''' (born c. 1965; died April 3, 2024 in Birmingham) was a healthcare administrator and prolific stage actor. Barry was the son of Bill and Shirley Austin. He was active with the Birmingham-Southern Theatre, graduating from Birmingham-Southern College with a bachelor of arts in musical theater in 1988. He went on to complete a master of fine arts in stage directing at the University of Alabama in 1999. He has worked a...")
- 12:25, 16 April 2024 Valley Road (Trussville) (hist | edit) [1,192 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Valley Road''' runs through Trussville from North Chalkville Road to Linden Street. In the 2010s it was extended along Pinchgut Creek to Roosevelt Boulevard, at the Pinnacle at Tutwiler Farm shopping center. ==Notable addresses== * road begins as continuation of Linden Street at Pineview Road * 4200: Mt Joy Baptist Church * road bend eastward, '''Valley Road Extension''' intersects (west only) * road crosses Dry Creek ** 4400:...")
- 17:12, 15 April 2024 Bethel W. Whitson Organization (hist | edit) [1,532 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Bethel W. Whitson Organization''' was a blueprinting, surveying, cartographic and engineering company founded in 1910 as the '''Electric Blue Printing Company'''. It was was located on the 6th floor of the Woodward Building in downtown Birmingham. In addition to serving the needs of architects, municipalities and developers in the booming city, the company also benefitted from legislation requiring mine operators to keep accurate maps of underground wo...")
- 14:53, 15 April 2024 Tom Soehn (hist | edit) [2,865 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Tom Soehn''' (born April 15, 1966 in Chicago, Illinois) is the head coach of the Birmingham Legion football club. Soehn grew up in Chicago and began playing soccer at age 4. He graduated from Forest View High School in 1984 and from Western Illinois University in 1987. In college he starred as leading scorer and two-time All Conference player for the Leathernecks soccer team. After graduating he signed a professional contract...")
- 11:39, 15 April 2024 Jace Johnson (hist | edit) [1,707 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Jace Johnson''' (born c. 1999 in Bessemer) is a brakeman for the U.S. World Cup 4-man bobsled team. Johnson, the son of Howard Johnson and Kim Jenkins, was a National Honor Society and Mu Alpha Theta member at McAdory High School, graduating in 2017. He was also a first team All-Area basketball player for James Poindexter's Yellow Jackets. Johnson went on to attend Chattahoochee Valley Community College in Phenix City, Russell County. He...")
- 09:05, 15 April 2024 MAX Transit Route 20 (hist | edit) [1,645 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''MAX Transit Route 20''' is a bus route serviced by the Birmingham Jefferson County Transit Authority from Birmingham Central Station to the Woodlawn Community Transit Center via Kingston. Prior to May 2024, Route 20 took riders to Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport with one stop on 50th Street North near Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North, behind the Holiday Inn Birmingham-Airport. Busses ran from 5:30 AM to 7:00 PM w...")
- 17:37, 14 April 2024 BLOC Global Group (hist | edit) [2,005 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''BLOC Global Group''', formerly '''Formation Methods LLC''', is a real estate development, real estate services, and professional recruiting business. It was founded in 2003 by Herschell Hamilton, Mike Carpeneter and former Morehouse College president Roy Keith Jr. It is headquartered at 1520 7th Avenue North in Fountain Heights and also has an office at 818 Connecticut Avenue Northwest in Washington D.C. Early on, the firm provided development...")
- 10:54, 13 April 2024 Bhate Geosciences (hist | edit) [729 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''BHATE Geosciences''' is a large, privately-owned geotechnical engineering and materials testing firm founded in December 1994 by Uday Bhate. The firm operates from headquarters offices at 5217 5th Avenue South in Birmingham's Crestwood North neighborhood. It was formerly located in the 1608 13th Avenue South building in Five Points South. In 2022 the company reported $7...")
- 10:37, 13 April 2024 Building & Earth Sciences (hist | edit) [708 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Building & Earth Sciences''' is a geotechnical engineering and materials testing firm founded in December 1998 by Deepa Bhate with partners Robert Adams and Jeff Cowen. The firm operates in 9 states from headquarters offices at 5545 Derby Drive in Trussville. ==External links== * [https://www.buildingandearth.com/ Building & Earth Sciences] website Category:Engineering firms Category:1998 establishments Category:Derby Drive")
- 10:08, 13 April 2024 Falls Facility Services (hist | edit) [783 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Falls Facility Services''', formerly '''Falls Janitorial Service''', is a large, family-owned service company which provides general and specialty cleaning, staff training and other services to businesses. It was founded in 1959 by Thomas Falls Sr and his wife Mary Helen and is now operated by the third generation of their family. The company has offices at 1911 Jefferson Avenue Southwest. In 2023 the company employed 100 workers....")
- 10:01, 13 April 2024 Corporate Facilities Management (hist | edit) [809 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Corporate Facilities Management''' is a large, privately-owned service company which provides cleaning, building and landscape maintenance, pest control, and security services to businesses, churches and other institutions in the Birmingham, Cullman, Huntsville, and Montgomery areas. It was founded in 1987 by J. L. Spratling and has offices in the Bessemer Business Center at 1020 9th Avenue Southwest Bessemer. In 2023 the company employed 1...")
- 08:14, 13 April 2024 Greater 16th Street Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God (hist | edit) [541 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "right|thumb|450px|Greater 16th Street Baptist Church in 2021 '''Greater 16th Street Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God''' is located at 2001 16th Street North in Bessemer. It is a member of the Apostolic Overcoming Holy Church of God, an Alabama-based denomination. {{stub}} ==Pastors== * Michael L. Wilson, 2022 Category:AOH churches Category:Churches in Bessemer Category:16...")
- 16:53, 12 April 2024 Miss Fancy: Elephant Queen of the Zoo (hist | edit) [1,380 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''''Miss Fancy: Elephant Queen of the Zoo''''' is a musical stage play which premiered at Birmingham Children's Theatre on March 25, 2023. The play, based on the relationship of Miss Fancy the elephant, the former star attraction at the Avondale Park zoo, and her trainer, John Todd. The script was commissioned in 2019] from Chicago playwright G. Riley Mills by Children's Theatre artistic director Brandon Bruce. Songs performed in the pro...")
- 08:43, 12 April 2024 Southside Sundown Cinema (hist | edit) [481 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Southside Sundown Cinema''' was an outdoor film series organized by Tom Goad at The Garages in Birmingham's Five Points South neighborhood. In 1981 the locally-produced short film "The Bottle" premiered before a screening of the 1962 French featurette "La Jetée". {{stub}} Category: Former cinemas Category: 1970s establishments Category: The Garages")
- 11:53, 11 April 2024 E. D. Henley (hist | edit) [718 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Eugene Duvergne Henley''' (born July 25, 1886; died June 20, 1960 in Birmingham) was the founder of the Birmingham Electric Battery Co. (BEBCO). Henley was the son of Louis Darby and Louisa "Loulie" Stone Henley of Noxubee County, Mississippi. He married the former Frances Marie Woltersdorf. Henley founded his successful company in 1913. He died in 1960 and was buried at Elmwood Cemetery. {{stub}} ==External links== * [https...")
- 11:37, 11 April 2024 BEBCO Building (hist | edit) [2,713 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with ":''This article is about the historic BEBCO Building. For other buildings used by the company, see BEBCO Building (disambiguation)''. The '''BEBCO Building''' is a 24,000 square-foot one-story brick commercial building at 2230 2nd Avenue South, at the corner of 23rd Street South on Block 119 in Birmingham's Southside neighborhood. It was constructed in 1926 as a garage for the Birmingham Electric Battery Co.. The $30,000 structure was des...")
- 06:53, 11 April 2024 Presbytery of the South (hist | edit) [972 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Presbytery of the South''' is the regional unit of ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians encompassing Birmingham. ECO was formed at a January 2012 conference in Orlando, Florida by members of the Presbyterian Church (USA) who were concerned about the decline in deonominational membership and theological disputes. Particularly prominent was the move to ordain partnered LGBTQ+ individuals in the PC(USA). The Presbytery of the South comprises the st...")
- 19:28, 10 April 2024 Howard L. and Martha H. Holley Lectures (hist | edit) [3,390 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''The Howard L. and Martha H. Holley Lectures: New Testament Voices for a Contemporary World in Honor of Dr. William E. Hull''' is an endowed lectureship that brings noted scholars to Samford University each fall to address a topic related to the New Testament of contemporary theological and social issues. It was established in 2005 in honor of Dr. William E. Hull. The honoree, Bill Hull, gave the first set of lectures. He had served Samford as pro...")
- 20:14, 9 April 2024 Brookwood Baptist Church (hist | edit) [862 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Brookwood Baptist Church''' is located at 3449 Overton Road in southeastern Mountain Brook. It came into being as a mission of Mountain Brook Baptist Church and was formally established under the name '''Calvary Baptist Church''' on October 4, 1968. Until December 1969, the church met in Brookwood Forest Elementary School. At that time it moved into its first chapel on the present site. {{stub}} ==Pastors== * Bryant Strain, 1968- * [...")
- 19:46, 9 April 2024 Jim Barnette (hist | edit) [1,162 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''James R. Barnette''' was a Baptist minister and Samford alumnus. He served both Samford University and Brookwood Baptist Church prior to his death from Creutzfeld-Jakob disease on February 22, 2021. He was 59 years of age. He returned to Samford to serve as Minister to the University in 1994. He also taught in the Religion Department. In 2005 he stepped down as Minister to the University and became a full...")
- 16:11, 9 April 2024 Southeastern Salvage (hist | edit) [1,140 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Southeastern Salvage Home Emporium''' is a Chattanooga, Tennessee-based regional chain of warehouse-style retail stores offering a range of home décor and building materials bought from importers or liquidations. The stores operate under various combinations of the names "Southeastern Salvage" and "Home Emporium". The first store opened in Chattanooga in 1980. The company opened its first Birmingham area location at Grants Mill Station in Irondale in...")
- 12:35, 9 April 2024 St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [531 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church''' may refer to any of the following: * St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Smithfield, 300 4th Court North (Smithfield) * St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Brown Springs, 7344 Naples Avenue South (Brown Springs) * St Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, Wylam, 1223 Portland Street (Wylam)")
- 08:24, 9 April 2024 77th Street Church of Christ (hist | edit) [667 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''77th Street Church of Christ''' was located in East Lake. It erected a new red-brick building at the corner of 77th Street and 1st Avenue South in 1948. Later the church sold and became the home of Agape Missionary Baptist Church. {{stub}} Category:Churches in East Lake Category:1948 buildings Category:Oporto-Madrid Boulevard Category:Churches of Christ Category:1st Avenue South ==References== * Bains, Davi...")
- 06:32, 9 April 2024 Agape Missionary Baptist Church (hist | edit) [723 bytes] David Bains (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Agape Missionary Baptist Church''' is located at 110 Oporto Madrid Boulevard in a brick 1948 building erected by 77th Street Church of Christ. It faces onto 1st Avenue South. It was began in July 2001. {{stub}} ==External link== * [https://www.agapembc.org/ Agape Missionary Baptsit Church] website ==References== * Bains, David R. (April 8, 2024) "[https://chasingchurches.org/2024/04/09/77th-street-church-of-christ-agape-missionary-baptist-church...")
- 16:26, 8 April 2024 Heidelberg Materials (hist | edit) [4,053 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Heidelberg Materials''' is a multinational supplier of building materials headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany. It was founded in 1894 by Johann Philipp Schifferdecker. The company expanded into France in the 1970s, and to North America with the purchase of Lehigh Cement in 1990. HeidelbergCement AG acquired Sherman Industries in 2005 and Hanson PLC of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England in 2007. The business operated as Lehigh Hanson until rebranding...")
- 14:40, 8 April 2024 Operation Green Wave (hist | edit) [965 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Operation Green Wave''' was a clean-up effort initiated in 2016 by Mayor William Bell as a response to concerns voiced at a series of town hall meetings. The Birmingham Department of Public Works was given charge to implement the program with the priority of removing "blight" wherever found. In its first three weeks, between the launch on September 12 and October 5, officials reported 8,969 tons of trash and debris collecte...")
- 12:06, 8 April 2024 BEBCO Building (disambiguation) (hist | edit) [720 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Redirected page to The Battery) Tag: New redirect originally created as "Bebco Building"
- 10:16, 7 April 2024 1968 Tuskegee student uprising (hist | edit) [1,089 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''1968 Tuskegee student uprising''' was a student protest on the campus of Tuskegee Institute on April 6, 1968. A group of 300 students barricaded a meeting of the board of trustees at Dorothy Hall, seeking several concessions that had been distributed previously. These included the institution of a Black history curriculum, ending mandatory participation in military ROTC programs, chang...")
- 16:44, 5 April 2024 Noland Health Services (hist | edit) [1,403 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Noland Health Services''', formerly the '''Lloyd Noland Foundation''', is a non-profit that operates of long-term care facilities. The Lloyd Noland Foundation was created and endowed in 1951 by U.S. Steel to take over ownership and operation of its Lloyd Noland Hospital, which it had opened in Fairfield in 1913. The foundation sold the main hospital to Tenet Healthcare Corp. of Santa Barbara, California for $47 million. In 2007 Noland Health...")
- 09:13, 4 April 2024 Birmingham Civil Rights Conference (hist | edit) [1,131 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "The '''Birmingham Civil Rights Conference''' is an annual event co-sponsored by the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute and the FBI Birmingham Field Office which aims to develop tools to allow law enforcement agencies and communities impacted by injustices to better communicate and achieve shared goals. {{stub}} ==2023== The 2023 Birmingham Civil Rights Conference was held on September 24–September 25 at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute ==2024=...")
- 15:39, 3 April 2024 Stockham Building (hist | edit) [1,778 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "right|thumb|375px|Stockham Building in 2013 The '''Stockham Building''', originally the '''Stockham Woman's Building''' is a 2-story neoclassical revival academic building on the southern end of the campus of Birmingham-Southern College. It was constructed in 1931 with funds donated by Kate Clark Stockham. the chair of Stockham Valves & Fittings and widow of its founder William Stockham. The building was intended to hou...")
- 14:20, 3 April 2024 Fred Hunter (hist | edit) [2,985 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Fred Hunter''' (born April 3, 1953 in Fort Payne) is a former meteorologist and creator and producer of "Absolutely Alabama" segments for WBRC 6. Hunter, the son of T. F. and Dorothy Chitwood Hunter of Fort Payne. The family lived in Jasper for a while and also spent time in Clayton, Barbour County; Opp, Covington County; Alexander City; and before settling in Fyffe, DeKalb County, when T. F. Hunter purchased the Fyffe Five-and-Dime and Fr...")
- 09:10, 3 April 2024 Avenue H Ensley (hist | edit) [3,852 bytes] Dystopos (talk | contribs) (Created page with "{{About|the street in Ensley|the downtown Birmingham street|University Boulevard}} '''Avenue H''' is a business street seven blocks south of the railroad tracks in downtown Ensley. The eastern end of the street continues from Avenue G Ensley in Central Pratt. It continues through South Pratt and Ensley proper, stopping at 35th Street Ensley short of I-59. {{stub}} ==Notable addresses== ===South Pratt=== * Avenue begins at Railroad Avenue...")