12th Street South

12th Street South is a north-south street in Birmingham's Southside and Glen Iris neighborhoods, including the western end of the UAB campus.

Notable Locations (north to south)

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 12th Street South category.

Five Points South neighborhood

• street begins at Railroad Reservation
  • west side:
    • 40: Denham Building (2019-, built in Merchants & Manufacturers Terminal Building / Swalley Building)
  • east side:
    • 15: Interstate Brands
    • 25: former location of A & P supermarket, Merita Bakery

• 1st Avenue South
  • west side:
    • 100: former location of Lynn Strickland Tire Co. / Stan, the Tire Man (1980-2004), Whitehead Tire & Auto (2011-2015)
  • east side:
    • 101: Parkside 101 (under development)
    • 121: former location of American Printing Co. (-1997)

• 2nd Avenue South
  • west side
    • 202: Masco Fabrics
  • east side
    • 201-237: University Park
      • 201-211: former location of Motlow Distilling Co. (1904-1907)
    • 215: Birmingham Rubber Stamp

• 3rd Avenue South
  • west side:
    • 328: Ted's Restaurant (1973-)
  • east side:
    • 301-315: proposed site of The Marshall student apartments, former location of Alabama Auto Top Specialists
    • 317-337: Cassady & Self
      • 337: former location of Tony and Rosa Lorino's grocery store (-1922)

• 4th Avenue South/I-65 offramp (street resumes)
  • west side:
    • 400:
    • 430: UAB Facilities & Concierge Construction Services, former location of Hardy Corporation (1940s-2014)
  • east side:
    • 401-431: UAB Parking Lot 15B

• 5th Avenue South intersects
  • west side:
    • 500:
  • east side:
    • 501: UAB Department of Art and Art History (2024-)

• 6th Avenue South intersects (street ends)
  • west side:
    • 600:
  • east side:
    • 603: former location of Golden Grill (J. B. Baggett 1949)
    • 609-615: Ullman Building (built 1901), Ullman School (1901-1937), Ullman High School (1937-1969), UAB School of Social and Behavioral Sciences (1970-2008), UAB Blazers Football operations (2008-2017)

• former intersection with 7th Avenue South (abandoned)
  • west side:
  • east side:
    • UAB Collat School of Business building (built 2018), former location of UAB Parking Lot 15A (-2017)

Glen Iris

• University Boulevard (street resumes)
  • west side:
    • 800-840: Young Memorial Field (built 1984) at Mortimer Jordan Park (dedicated 1924, formerly Behrens' Park 1876-1924)
  • east side:
    • 801-805: University Boulevard Office Building
    • 807-815: 12th Street Deck (addressed as 856)
      • 815: former location of Southside Creamery / Jordan Park Creamery (Benny Bakane 1949)
    • 821: Southside District Substation
    • 827: UAB Parking Lot 15G

• former intersection with 9th Avenue South (abandoned)
  • west side:
    • 900-930: Alys Stephens Center (built 1996)
  • east side:
    • 901-931: Spencer Honors House (1983-, renovated 2002), former location of 2nd Presbyterian Church (built 1901-1963), New Hope Baptist Church (1964-1970), UAB Ballet House (1970-), UAB Student Union (-1983)

• 10th Avenue South (street resumes)
  • west side:
    • 1000-1006: Episcopal Campus Ministries (built 2006)
    • 1008-1014: St Andrew's Episcopal Church fellowship hall (built 1980s)
    • 1016-1030: St Andrew's Episcopal Church (built 1915)
  • east side:
    • 1011-1031: former location of 11th Avenue United Methodist Church (built 1904, vacated 1990s, demolished 2009)

• 11th Avenue South intersects
  • west side:
    • 1100-1120: Venetian Village building (built 1927)
      • 1130: UAB Hospital-Highlands Parking Deck
  • east side:
    • UAB Hospital-Highlands (2006-), former location of South Highlands Hospital (1971-1989), HealthSouth Medical Center (1989-2006)
      • 1127: former location of South Highland Infirmary (1910-1971)

• 14th Avenue South intersects

• 15th Avenue South intersects (east only)

• 16th Avenue South intersects
  • west side:
  • east side:
    • 1601: Phil Bostany Realty Co.

• 17th Avenue South intersects (east only)
  • east side:
  • west side:
    • Irish Apartments, formerly the Cedar Tree Apartments

• street ends at 18th Avenue South