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== History ==
== History ==
In [[1896]] outgoing [[Mayor of Birmingham|Mayor]] [[James Van Hoose]] lauded [[E. N. Cullum]] for making "extensive permanent improvements at his own expense" to benefit the public.
What is now [[11th Court South]] from [[21st Street South]] to the road's terminus at [[Highland Avenue]] was originally 11th Avenue.  The current section of 11th Avenue between 21st and [[22nd Street South|22nd Streets]] was originally named '''[[Rose Avenue]]'''.  The two roads appear to have been renamed in the 1900s or early 1910s.
What is now [[11th Court South]] from [[21st Street South]] to the road's terminus at [[Highland Avenue]] was originally 11th Avenue.  The current section of 11th Avenue between 21st and [[22nd Street South|22nd Streets]] was originally named '''[[Rose Avenue]]'''.  The two roads appear to have been renamed in the 1900s or early 1910s.


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* [[13th Street South]] intersects
* [[13th Street South]] intersects
** north side:
** north side ([[Block 798]]):
*** 1300: [[UAB Hoehn Engineering Building]] / [[UAB Parking Lot 16D]]
*** 1300: [[UAB Hoehn Engineering Building]] / [[UAB Parking Lot 16D]]
*** 1312–1320: former location of [[Tower Court Apartments]] (1932–1970)
*** 1312–1320: former location of [[Tower Court Apartments]] (1932–1970)
*** 1324: [[Highland Manor Apartments]] (1970–)
*** 1324: [[Highland Manor Apartments]] (1970–)
*** 1330: parking lot, former location of [[Twelve Oaks Apartments]] (1970)
*** 1330: [[UAB Student Organization Facility]] (built 2023), former location of [[Twelve Oaks Apartments]] (1970–2008), vacant lot (2011), [[UAB Parking Lot 7B]] (2015–2021)
** south side:
** south side:
*** 1301–1331: [[UAB Hospital-Highlands]] parking lot
*** 1301–1331: [[UAB Hospital-Highlands]] parking lot
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** north side:
** north side:
*** 1700–1738: [[UAB Parking Lot 15W]]
*** 1700–1738: [[UAB Parking Lot 15W]]
**** 1704: former location of apartments (1932–1942), [[Boykin Building]] (1959)
**** 1704: former location of apartments (1932–1942), [[Boykin Building]] (1959), [[Briarwood Presbyterian Church|Briarwood Presbyterian Church International Ministry]] (1995)
**** 1714: former location of [[Planned Parenthood]] (1970) [[Jack Weiss]] dentist (2000), [[Robert Turner Optical]] (1977–)
**** 1714: former location of [[Planned Parenthood]] (1970) [[Jack Weiss]] dentist (2000), [[Robert Turner Optical]] (1977–)
**** 1738: former location of [[The Hampton Arms]] apartments (1932–1959)
**** 1738: former location of [[The Hampton Arms]] apartments (1932–1959)
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== References ==
== References ==
* Schoel, H. (1892).  ''Map of the City of Birmingham, Alabama and Suburbs''.  Accessed via [http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/counties/jefferson/jefferson.html Historical Maps of Jefferson County] on June 6, 2014.
* Schoel, H. (1892).  ''Map of the City of Birmingham, Alabama and Suburbs''.  Accessed via [http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/counties/jefferson/jefferson.html Historical Maps of Jefferson County] on June 6, 2014.
* "[https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-birmingham-news-streets-and-engineer/138686481/ Streets and Engineering]." (December 3, 1896) {{BN}}, p. 5
* Cram, George F.  (1898). "Birmingham" from ''Cram's Universal Atlas, Geographical, Astronomical and Historical''.  Accessed via [http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/counties/jefferson/jefferson.html Historical Maps of Jefferson County] on April 8, 2010.
* Cram, George F.  (1898). "Birmingham" from ''Cram's Universal Atlas, Geographical, Astronomical and Historical''.  Accessed via [http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/counties/jefferson/jefferson.html Historical Maps of Jefferson County] on April 8, 2010.
* ''Kelley's Map of Birmingham, Alabama''.  (1911).  Kelley Company.  Accessed via [http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/counties/jefferson/jefferson.html Historical Maps of Jefferson County] on June 6, 2014.
* ''Kelley's Map of Birmingham, Alabama''.  (1911).  Kelley Company.  Accessed via [http://alabamamaps.ua.edu/historicalmaps/counties/jefferson/jefferson.html Historical Maps of Jefferson County] on June 6, 2014.

Latest revision as of 12:12, 2 May 2024

Eleventh Avenue South (originally Avenue K) is an east-west avenue‎ in Birmingham's Southside, with its main section stretching through the Five Points South neighborhood (including the UAB Campus) from 11th Street South to 22nd Street South. The 5-way intersection of 11th, 20th Street South, and Magnolia Avenue, give Five Points South its name. Additional sections of 11th Avenue South can be found in the residential sections of Highland Park, Forest Park, and Crestwood South.

One of the residential sections of 11th forms the eastern half of the northern border of the Highland Park Golf Course, from 38th Street South to almost Glen View Road.

MAX Transit Routes 14, 39, and 42 have stops on 11th Avenue.

History

In 1896 outgoing Mayor James Van Hoose lauded E. N. Cullum for making "extensive permanent improvements at his own expense" to benefit the public.

What is now 11th Court South from 21st Street South to the road's terminus at Highland Avenue was originally 11th Avenue. The current section of 11th Avenue between 21st and 22nd Streets was originally named Rose Avenue. The two roads appear to have been renamed in the 1900s or early 1910s.

The section of 11th between a short segment of 24th and 26th Streets was originally Bay Avenue. It originally extended west of 24th, connecting to Highland, but that part is now an alley with stairs at the end leading up to Highland. The next section, between 26th and 28th Streets, was originally Madison Avenue. Both appear to have been renamed as 11th Avenue in the 1910s.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 11th Avenue South category.

Five Points South neighborhood

Medical Towers building in 2018

Highland Park

  • 28th Place South intersects

Forest Park-South Avondale

Crestwood North

References

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