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'''19th Street North''' is one of the primary streets in [[downtown]] [[Birmingham]]'s [[business district]].
'''19th Street North''' is one of the primary [[north-south street]]s in [[downtown]] [[Birmingham]]'s [[business district]].


The street serves as the eastern boundary of Birmingham's [[Civil Rights District]] between [[3rd Avenue North|3rd]] and [[8th Avenue North]].
19th Street begins at the northern end of [[19th Street South]], in a tunnel underneath the railroad tracks of the [[Railroad Reservation]].  From there it first crosses [[Morris Avenue]] and continues north all the way to [[16th Avenue North]].  There are additional sections of the street in [[North Birmingham]] from 21st to 37th Avenue North.
 
The street serves as the eastern boundary of Birmingham's [[Civil Rights District]] between [[3rd Avenue North|3rd]] and [[8th Avenue North]].  It also serves as the border of the [[Fountain Heights]] and [[Central City neighborhood]]s south of [[9th Avenue North]] and Fountain Heights and [[Druid Hills]] north of 9th Avenue.


A [[1907 train accident]] occurred at the intersection of 19th Street and [[9th Avenue North]]. A notable early [[List of ballooning events|balloon ascent]] took place near the intersection with [[1st Avenue North]] in [[1891]]. The street is included on the route of the annual [[Veterans Day]] parade.
A [[1907 train accident]] occurred at the intersection of 19th Street and [[9th Avenue North]]. A notable early [[List of ballooning events|balloon ascent]] took place near the intersection with [[1st Avenue North]] in [[1891]]. The street is included on the route of the annual [[Veterans Day]] parade.
19th Street was one of the city's earlier "whiteways" to have electric lighting. The lighting was upgraded and extended past 6th Avenue as far as 8th Avenue North in [[1945]] under the city's contract with the [[Birmingham Electric Company]].
In [[1981]]-[[1982]] major landscaping was done to the first few blocks to designs by architect [[Pedro Costa]]. The intent was to create a pedestrian-friendly boulevard to help revitalize languishing commercial activity along the street, but the extended construction period had the unintended effect of further harming business traffic. In [[1985]] [[Operation New Birmingham]] formed a "19th Street Taskforce" to identify specific improvements that could be made to mitigate the problem. Students from [[Auburn University]]'s landscape architecture and planning programs participated in design charettes to sketch out proposals.


==Notable locations==
==Notable locations==
{{Alphabetical locations}}
=== [[Fountain Heights]]/[[Central City neighborhood]] ===
* [[Railroad Reservation]]
* [[Railroad Reservation]]
** former site of [[Linn's Park]]
** former site of [[Linn's Park]]
** former location of [[Relay House]]
** former location of the [[Relay House]]
* Intersection with [[Morris Avenue]]
 
** [[Chalifoux Building]]
==== [[Morris Avenue]] intersects ====
* Intersection with [[1st Avenue North]]
* west side:
** former downtown terminus of the [[Highland Avenue Railroad]]
** 2-6: former location of wholesale grocer (1891)
** former site of [[O'Brien Opera House]]
*** 4: former location of [[Railway Express Agency]] (1935)
** 111: [[Ideal Department Store Building]]
** 8-12: former location of [[Birmingham Dry Goods Co.]] (1897)
* Intersection with [[2nd Avenue North]], former location of [[Hudgins' fountain]]
*** 12½: former location of [[Alabama Paper & Painting Co.]] (1907)
** former location of [[WBRC-AM]] radio studios
** 14-20: [[Lincoln Life Building]] (built 1909), [[Jemison Flats]], former location of the [[Chalifoux Building]] (built 1893, demolished 1907)
** former location of [[Vaudette Theater]]
** 26: former location of [[R. F.  Manly & Co.]] / [[Union Realty Co.]] / [[F & M Sloss]] / [[J. W. Cunningham]] / [[J. W. Rankin]], [[Aerican Land & Investment Co.]] / [[Aerial Tramway Co.]] (1911), [[Hand Knit Shoppe]] (1935)
** former location of [[Weather Forecast Office Birmingham]]
* east side:
** former location of [[Pizitz|Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Company]]
** 5: former location of [[Penney & Binford]] real estate ([[James Penney]] 1935)
** former location of [[Hughes Drug Store]]
** 7-19: [[Allright Parking Systems]] parking deck, former location of [[Morris Block]] (built 1891, demolished 1958)
** former location of the [[Peerless Saloon]]
*** 7: former location of [[Leo Gordon]] clothes cleaner (1935)
** 200: [[McWane Science Center]]
*** 11: former location of reading room (1891)
** 214-224: [[Loveman's|Loveman, Joseph & Loeb Department Store]]
*** 13: former location of [[Morris Hotel]]/[[Earle Hotel]] offices (1891-1958), [[Woodward Billiard Parlor]]
** beginning of [[Alabama Walk of Fame]]
*** 15-19: former location of [[Birmingham Trust National Bank|Birmingham Trust & Savings Co.]] (1891–1897), [[Morris Tavern]], [[Morris Jewelers]], [[Engel Realty Company]]
* Intersection with [[3rd Avenue North]]
** 25: former location of [[Martin Newton]] (1911), [[Central Shoe Co.]] / [[Albert Stradford]] accountant (1935)
** former site of the [[Wright Building]], once used for [[Powell School|Birmingham Free School]]
 
** former location of first [[Birmingham Post Office]]
==== [[1st Avenue North (downtown)|1st Avenue North]] ([[U. S. Highway 11]]) intersects ====
** former location of the [[Florence Hotel]]
* former downtown terminus of the [[Highland Avenue Railroad]]
** 301: [[Kress Building]]
* west side ([[Block 98]]):
** [[9-11 Memorial Walk]]
** 100-110: parking lot (1990s–), former location of [[O'Brien's Opera House]] (built 1882, demolished 1915), [[Henley Retail Block]] (built 1915, demolished 1990s)
** [[Fox Building]]
** 112-114: former location of [[Erswell's Hall]] (1887-1899), [[St Nicholas Hotel]] (1907)
* Intersection with [[4th Avenue North]]
*** 112: former location of [[Askin & Marine Co.]] clothiers (1919), [[Askins Inc.]] ladies clothes (1935), [[Changes Boutique]] clothing shop (1970s)
** former site of [[First Birmingham City Hall|Birmingham City Hall]] and [[Birmingham City Hall (1901)]]
*** 114: former location of [[New Home]] (1887), liquor store (1891), [[Paul Gilardoni]] restaurant (1897)
** [[One Federal Place]], former location of [[Restaurant G]]
*** basement: former location of [[T. S. Sansom]] barber (1897)
** former site of [[Magnolia Place]] ([[William H. Morris]] residence)
** 114–122: [[Pizitz building]] (built 1925), [[The Pizitz]] / [[Pizitz Food Hall]] (2017–), former location of [[Pizitz]] department store (1925–1988)
* Intersection with [[5th Avenue North]]
*** 116: former location of [[L. E. Williamson]] millinery & fancy goods (1887), saloon / business college (1891), [[The Vestibule]] ([[Zeke Solomon]] 1897)
** [[Regions-Harbert Plaza]]
*** 118–122: former location of [[Pizitz|Louis Pizitz Dry Goods Company]] (1907–1924)
** [[First United Methodist Church]]
**** 118: former location of [[Joe Frank Liquor]] (1887), vacant store (1891), [[Meyer-Marx Co.]] wholesale liquor (1897)
* Intersection with [[6th Avenue North]]
***** 118½: former location of [[Dr Smith Block]] (1880s–1907)
* Intersection with [[7th Avenue North]]
**** 120-122: former location of ''[[Birmingham Iron Age]]'' publishing company (1881-1888), [[Ferd Marx Store|Ferd Marx Dry Goods Co.]] (1891–1899)
** "[[Today to Tonight]]" mural
 
* Intersection with [[8th Avenue North]]
* east side ([[Block 99]]):
** 801: [[Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 2]]
** 101-105 [[1895 Louis Saks building]] (built 1895), [[Louis Saks Clothiers]] (1895-1916), former site of [[Marre building]] and [[Ruby Saloon]] (1880-1891)
*** 101: former location of [[Crescent Restaurant]] (1920)
*** 105: former location of [[Henry Stolley]] real estate (1887), [[Tuck's Beauty Shop]] (1935), [[Wright Loan Company]] (1957)
**** 105A: former location of [[Charm Dress Shop]] (1935)
** 107: former location of [[Dangaix & Throckmorton]] insurance (1887), [[E. M. Costello]], draper and tailor (1887-1888), [[David Luster]] shoe and boot maker (1891), [[N. & Minnie Taccone]] / [[S. & Kate Catanzano]] (1897), [[Style Hat Shop]] (1935)
*** 107A: former location of [[Broadway Dress Shop]] (1935)
** 109-111: [[Ideal Building]] (built 1929), former location of [[The Mobile Restaurant]] (-1891), [[Paul's Cafe]] (1891-)
*** 109: former location of [[Jonas Schwab]] jewelry (1887), [[Model Barber Shop & Bath Rooms]] (1897), [[Searcy Gardner]] beauty shop / [[Dr Barnum Nu Beauty Studio]] beauty shop equipment (1935), [[WJLD-AM]] studio (1967)
*** 111: former location of [[Wade Tailoring Co.]] (1897), [[New Ideal|Ideal Department Store]] (1929-1935), vacant (1935), [[Haverty's]] furniture (1949), [[Tillman-Levenson]], and [[Standard Furniture]], proposed location of [[Kyoto Yakitori]]
**** 111½: former location of [[A.C. Edwards & Co.]] real estate (1887)
* [[1st Alley North]] intersects
** 113–133: parking lot
*** 113-115: former location of [[Herman Herzfeld]] furniture (1887–1897)
**** 113: former location of [[Jay's Dress Shop]] (1935), [[Epp's Jewelry Co.]]
**** 115: former location of [[J & L Slaughter]] (1907–1911), [[Crazy Water Crystal Co.]] (1935)
*** former location of [[117 19th Street North]]
*** 119-131: former location of the [[Terry Building]] (built 1881, demolished 1987), [[Birmingham Telephone Exchange]] (1882-), [[Hughes Drug Store]]
**** 119: former location of [[George Eustis]] real estate, stock & bond broker / ''[[Alabama Medical Journal]]'' (1887), [[Harry Tomaras]] restaurant (1935), [[Hickok Men's Supplies]] (1939)
***** 119½: former location of [[Henry Fairfax]] dentist / [[Jacob Klotzman]] tailor / [[Southern Jewelry Co.]] / [[John A. White]] dentist (1935)
**** 123: former location of [[Nick Stathakas]] fruit stand (1897), [[Shoe Rebuilders]] (1934), [[Jacob Kowitz]] shoe repair (1935)
**** 125: former location of [[Friedman's Jewelers]] (1935–1949)
**** 133: former location of [[Mehr's Music Store & Novelty Shop]]
*** 161: former location of Mrs [[L. E. Williamson]] millinery (1887), [[Angelo Lafturias]] (1907)
 
==== [[2nd Avenue North (Downtown)|2nd Avenue North]] intersects ====
* former location of [[Hudgins' fountain]] (1880s-1891)
* former location of [[WBRC-AM]] radio studios
* former location of [[Weather Forecast Office Birmingham]]
[[File:Birmingham Transit bus.jpg|right|thumb|375px|Birmingham Transit Co. bus on the 200 block of 19th Street North]]
* west side ([[Block 87]]):
** 200-224: [[McWane Science Center]] (with [[Linear Motion]] on the exterior)
*** 200–210: former location of [[Newberry's]] (1936–1995)
*** 200-204: former location of [[Florence Hotel]] (built 1884, demolished 1916), [[Louis Saks Clothiers]] (1916-1920s), [[Melancon's]] (1920s-1936)
**** 206–210: former location of [[J. J. Newberry & Co.]] department store (1935)
***** 206: former location of [[Hale Associates]] real estate (1887), [[William Snyder & Sons]] mercantile (1888), fruit stand (1891), [[J. F. Kerrigan]] books & stationery (1897)
**** 208: former location of [[Carrie Watson]] millinery (1896), [[Gardner, Spraggins & Co.]] books & stationery (1897), [[Grand Theater]] (1920)
***** 208A: former location of boots & shoes (1891)
***** 208B: former location of book store (1891)
**** 210: former location of gentlemen's furnishings (1891), [[S. H. Barron & Co.]] milliners (1897), [[Schulte-United]] department store (1930)
** [[2nd Alley North]] formerly intersected
*** 212-224: former location of [[Loveman's Building]] (built 1935), [[Loveman's]] department store (1935-1980)
**** 212-214: former location of [[Loveman's|Loveman, Joseph & Loeb]] department store (built 1890, burned 1935), [[Jennie McElvain]] dressmaker (1897)
***** 214½: former location of [[Avondale Land Co.]]  / [[Clifton Land Co.]] / [[South Anniston Land Company]] / [[T. H. Maddox & Son]] architects (1887) / [[J.W. Worthington & Co.]] engineers / [[Birmingham Gas & Electric Light Co.]] (1887)
**** 216-218: former location of [[Fies & Son]] livery stable (1887)
***** 216: former location of saloon & billiards (1891)
***** 218: former location of liquor store / tailor (1891), [[A & P|Great A & P Tea Co.]] (1897)
**** 220–224: former location of [[Jackson Block]] / [[Elyton Block]] (1880s–1900s)
***** 220: former location of saloon & billiards (1891), [[K. McCrossin]] millinery (1897)
***** 222: former location of [[M . L. Bennie]] crockery (1897)
***** 224: former location of [[H. Barnard]] wine & liquor (1897)
 
* east side ([[Block 86]]):
** 201-207: [[1900 Building]] (built 2005), [[Fleetio]] (2017-), former location of the [[Peerless Saloon]] (built 1889, demolished 2003), [[Vaudette Theater]] (1908-1929), [[Fan Tan Shop]] (1931-1939)
*** 203: former location of [[Florsheim Shoe Shop]] (1935–1942), [[Holiday Shoes]] (1946-1960s)
*** 205: former location of [[Evans & Boyd]] real estate (1887), [[National Shirt Shop]] (1935)
*** 207: former location of the [[Washington & Blakely]] physicians (1887), [[Alabama Club]] (1897–1902)
**** 207½: former site of the [[Klothes Shoppe]] (1935)
*** 209–211: [[211 Building]] (built 1916 as [[Patton-Pope Building]], renovated 2004), former location of [[B. F. Thayer]] bookseller (1887), clothier (1891), [[Midway Saloon]] (1897), [[Amuse-U]] theater ([[Hollis Newsome]] 1909–1916)
**** 209½: former location of [[Gregg & Thornton]] attorneys (1896)
**** 211: former location of [[Jacobs' Pharmacy]] ([[Eugene Jacobs]] 1907–1935)
* [[2nd Alley North]] intersects
** 213-215: [[Taylor Building]] (built 1890), [[Taylor Lofts]], former location of [[Paul's Café]] / [[Paul Gilardoni]] (1904-1910), [[Hirsch's]] ladies' hats (1924), [[Three Sisters (shop)|Three Sisters]] (1950s), [[Gussini Shoes]] (1985-)
*** 213: former location of drug store (1891), [[Birmingham Gas Co.]] / [[Avondale Land Co.]] (1897), [[M. L. Satterfield & Co.]] / [[P. L. Houppert]] (1907), [[Woods Drugs]] offices (1935)
**** 213½: former location of [[Castle Hall]] / [[Knights of Pythias]] / [[Young Men's Hebrew Association]] (1899), [[Alabama Loan & Employment Bureau]] / [[Joseph Sepsalon]] / [[Eagles' Lodge]] (1907)
*** 215: former location of [[Hatter & Morris]] Restaurant (1887), [[Co-Operative Bank of North America]] (1890), [[A. C. Reckling]] saddler<!--sign of black horse--> (1897), millinery shop (1891), [[William Reckling]] saddles & harness (1902), [[T. L. Hobart]] (1907)
** 217-225: [[California Fashion Mall]] (built 1939), former location [[Simon Block]] (built 1886, demolished 1938), [[F. W. Woolworth]] (1939–1988)
*** 217: former location of clothier (1891), [[D. B. Luster]] shoes (1897–1907), [[Wormser Hat Store]] (1935)
*** 219: former location of [[Otto Seemann & Bro.]] fish seller (1888), clothier (1891), [[D. A. Helmich & Co.]] seeds (1894), [[Joseph Goldstein]] clothier (1897), [[Hillside Cream & Lunch Co.]] (1901), [[R. J. Keife]] (1907), [[The French Bootery]] ladies' shoes (1925), [[Schwob Co.]] men's clothes (1935), [[Woolworth's]] (1957)
*** 221: former location of [[Birmingham Cycle Manufacturing Co.]] (1897), [[Paris & Govatos]] restaurant (1904), [[George Peppas]] / [[Goodyear Rain Coat Co.]] (1907), [[Kanakas & Regas]] restaurant (1910), [[Little Gem Café]] (1920), [[John Million]] shoes (1935)
**** 221½: entrance to [[Simon Block]]
*** 223-225: former location of [[E. I. Simon & Bro.]] saloon (1891–1907)
**** 223: former location of saloon (1891), [[K. D. Likis]] (1907), [[American Shirt Shop]] (1935)
**** 225: former location of bank (1891), [[Glen Lea Saloon]] (1897), [[Dewberry Drug Co.]] (1935)
** east end of the [[Alabama Walk of Fame]]
 
==== [[3rd Avenue North]] intersects====
* [[9-11 Memorial Walk]]
* west side [[Block 72]]:
** 300–314: former location of [[F. W. Woolworth Co.]] department store (1935)
*** 300-310: former location of [[Wright Building]] (built 1883), used for the [[Birmingham Post Office]] and [[Central High School]] / [[Gunn's Pharmacy]], [[Blach's|J. Blach & Sons]]
**** 300–302: former location of [[T. A. Klebs]] physician & druggist (1897)
**** 304: former location of [[Mayer Brothers]] wallpaper & decorators (1897–1905)
**** 306: former location of [[Beitman Bros.]] cigars & tobacco / [[H. Klotzman]] tailor (1897), [[Barney Hymes]] umbrella maker (1904), [[James H. Tinder]], optician (1908)
***** 306½: former location of [[R. M. Russell]] specialist / Mrs [[W. G. Lynch]] dressmaker / [[W. F. Bolin]] shoemaker
**** 308: former location of [[Excelsior Steam Laundry]] (1887), [[Cincinnati Steam Dye Works]] (1897), [[George Metropoulos]] restaurant (1910)
**** 310: former location of [[P. H. Linnehan]] jeweler (1897), [[The Dairy Depot]] restaurant (1904)
** 3rd Alley North intersects
** 316-328: former location of [[Hotel Hillman]] (built 1901, demolished 1967)
*** 316-320: former location of [[First Methodist Church|First Methodist Episcopal Church]] (1885-1891)
*** 328: former location of [[YMCA Birmingham|Young Men's Christian Association]] (1897)
*** 330: former location of [[Gus Sierres]] fruits (1897)
** 352: former location of [[Birmingham Union Railroad Co.]] (1887)
 
* east side [[Block 73]]:
** 301–315: [[S. H. Kress & Company Building]] (built 1937)
*** 301–207: former location of [[J. Black & Sons]] department store (1935)
**** 301: former location of [[Marble Hall Saloon]] (1891–1897)
***** 301½: former location of boarding house ([[L. Espes]]) / boarding house ([[G. Keith|G.]] & [[Mary Keith]] 1897)
**** 303: former location of [[W. St Pierre]] shoe & boot maker (1888-1891), [[D. A. Catechise]] fruits (1897)
**** 305: former location of [[B. F. Perdue]] harness maker (1887), grocery (1891), [[People's Drug Co.]] / [[A. M. Brown]] / [[Ulysses Mason]] physicians (1897) [[McCoy & Sumner]] shooting gallery (1904)
**** 307: former location of news stand (1891), [[Imperial Grocery]] (1897)
*** 309: former location of crockery store (1891), [[F. W. Raisler]] grocery (1897), [[Dixie Cafe]] (1935)
**** 309½: former location of [[Detroit Hotel]] (1935)
*** 311: former location of [[Davidson Building]], [[F. A. Walter & Co.]] druggists / [[J. F. Davidson]] physician (1887), [[Artistic Tailoring Co.]] ([[Robert L. Jackson]] / [[W. Raleigh Shields]] / [[William Weeden]] 1897), [[Slayton & Mauldin saloon]] (April-July 1899), [[George Coveles]] restaurant (1904), optician (1931), [[Gay Clothing Co.]] (1935)
**** 311A: former location of barber shop (1891)
**** 311B: former location of "Chinese laundry" (1891)
**** 311½: former location of [[J. H. Pratt]] Analytical and Consulting Chemist (Rooms 28-29) (1887), [[Brockway & Foster]] physicians (1887)
*** 313-315: former location of [[William Wise & Co.]] saloon & wholesale liquors (1904), [[United Woolen Mills]] (1931)
**** 313: former location of [[Ozanne & Taylor]] bakers (1887-1888), [[The Market Grocery]] (1897), [[Walker-Middlebrooks Co.]] electrical supply (1909-), [[St Charles Hotel]] (1925), [[Kahn's]] men's furnishings (1935)
***** 313½: former location of [[Elias Eliades]] / [[C. Vezdoon]] (1907)
**** 315: former location of [[Rosenberger's Birmingham Trunk|Rosenberger's Birmingham Trunk Factory]], [[Globe Woolen Mills]] tailors (1935)
***** 315½: former location of [[Hotel Belmont]] / [[A. S. Greene]] & [[Minnie Greene]] boarding house / [[F. E. Davidson|F. E.]] & [[Jennie Davidson]] boarding house (1897)
** 3rd Alley North intersects
*** 317-331: [[Park-Rite Parking Deck]] (formerly [[City Parking Deck]]), former location of [[Birmingham City Hall (1901)|Birmingham City Hall]] (built 1901; demolished c. 1951)
**** 323-331: former location of [[Birmingham City Hall (1882)|Birmingham City Hall]] (built 1882, demolished 1900)
 
====[[4th Avenue North]] intersects====
[[File:1979 19th and 5th looking SW.jpg|right|thumb|325px|1979 photo of Block 61, looking southwest from the corner of 5th Avenue North and 19th Street]]
* west side ([[Block 61]])
** 400-410: [[One Federal Place]] (built 2002), former location of [[Magnolia Place]] ([[William H. Morris]] residence), [[Fox Building]] (1895-1981)
*** 400–406: former location of [[Fox Building]] (built 1895, demolished 1981)
*** 408-410: former location of [[M. T. Stradford]] electrical supply (1909), [[Woods Building]] (1935)
**** 408: former location of [[Peerless Laundry]] (1931–1935)
***** 408½: former location of [[Southern States Optical Co.]] / [[Joseph Burkhardt]] tailer (1925)
**** 410: former location of [[Tarrant & Grounus]] (1887), [[W. F. Hendricks|W. F.]] & [[Jennie Hendricks]] / [[V. S. Teeter|V. S.]] & [[Ida Teeter]] (1897), [[Lanier-White Electric Co.]] (1914), [[Birmingham Artificial Limb Co.]] (1931–1935)
** [[4th Alley North]] intersects
** 412–418: former location of [[W. H. Morris|W. H.]] & [[Arabella Morris]] boarding house / [[S. Saloman|S.]] & [[Addie Salomon]] boarding house / [[C. Brown|C.]] & [[Addie Brown]] boarding house (1897)
*** 412: former location of Mrs [[J. G. Griggs]] boarding house (1887), [[Farm Products Store]], [[Dee Gunn & Key Co.]] (1931–1935), [[Clifford Wilson]] cutlery grinder (1935)
*** 414: former location of [[Metropolitan Cafe]] (1920), [[Parrish's Jewel Shop]] (1923-1924), [[Seymour Jewelry]] (1931), [[Mackey & Seymour]] jewelers (1935)
**** 414½: former location of [[Keystone Studio]] photographer, [[Charles Gurke]] billiard supplies / [[Kirby Stringer]] architect / [[Orpha White]] / [[Nathaniel White]] (1935)
*** 416: former location of [[Cain's Dry Cleaning Co.]] (1925), [[American Standard]] newspaper stand (1927-1931), [[Ross Trotter]] nuts (1935)
*** 418: former location of [[Mayer Brothers]] photographs, frames & wallpaper (1931), [[Mayers Wall Paper & Frame Shop]] (1935)
** 420–424: former location of residence (1911)
*** 420: former location of [[Moore Jewelry Company]] (1923–1935)
*** 422: former location of shoe shop/barber shop (1931), [[Sanitary Barber Shop]] (1935), [[Classic Adult Center]] bookstore
*** 424: former location of the [[Post Office Cafe]] (1931-1937) / [[Oasis Cafe]] (1937), [[Post Office Cafe]] ([[Xenophon Hagestratou|Xenophon]] & [[Helen Hagestratou]] 1962)
 
* east side ([[Block 60]])
** 401-411: [[Wells Fargo]] drive-through, former location of [[Allright Parking]] lot (1982)
*** 401-407: former location of [[A & P]] supermarket (1931-1950s), [[Trailways Bus Depot]] (1961-)
**** 401–403: former location of saloon (1891)
***** 403½–405½: former location of [[J. S. McCary]] shoemaker / [[Docie Taylor]] lunch room (1897)
**** 405–407: former location of residence (1891)
***** 405: former location of [[J. R. England|J. R.]] & [[Eliza England]] (1897), [[New Post Office Cafe]] (1920)
*** 409-411: former location of residence (1891), parking lot (1931)
**** 411: former location of [[W. N. Smith|W. N.]] & [[Alwilda Smith]] / [[W. L. Myrick|W. L.]] & [[Mamie Myrick]] (1897), [[Walker-Middlebrooks Company]] electrical supply (-1909), [[Blue Bird Cafe]] (1931)
** [[4th Alley North]] intersects
*** 415–425: parking lot, former location of [[Pollock-Stephens Institute]] (1896-1903)
**** 415: former location of [[White's Barber Shop]] ([[Walter White]] 1925–1935), [[Seales Florist]] (1931), [[Louise Lyles]] restaurant (1935), [[Thomasino Restaurant]] ([[Tony Thomasino]] 1952), [[Acton Camera]] (1982)
**** 417: former location of cafe/barber shop (1931), vacant (1935), [[Adult Shop]] (1981–1982)
**** 419: former location of [[Edwards Bicycle Store]] (1923-1924), beauty shop/hat cleaner (1931), [[Charles Schwend]] locksmith [[Super D]] (1982)
***** 419A: former location of [[Cahaba Gas Co.]] appliances / [[Martel Brett]] numismatist (1935)
**** 421: former location of stamps/library (1931), [[Display Center of Birmingham]] (1935), [[Birmingham Book]] / [[Bohemian Place]] (1982)
**** 423-425: former location of [[Pollock-Stephens Institute]] / [[E. T. Talieferro|E. T.]] & [[Mary Scott Taliaferro ]] (1890–1897), [[Southern Safe & Fence Company]], [[City Restaurant]] (1935), [[Theo's Grill]] (1956-1982)
***** 425: former location of cafe/cigars (1931), [[Theo's Confectionary]] (1935)
 
==== [[5th Avenue North]] intersects====
* west side ([[Block 46]]):
** 500–512: [[Robert S. Vance Federal Building]] (built 1921 as U.S. Post Office and Court House)
*** 502: former location of Mrs [[V. L. Adams]] boarding house / [[J. J. Shannon|J. J.]] & [[Ola Shannon]] boarding house / [[O. A. Powell|O. A.]] & [[Cora Powell]] boarding house (1897)
*** 506: former location of [[J. B. Hoffman's]]
*** 508: former location of [[R. E. Lee]] (1897)
** [[5th Alley North]] intersects
** 514–518: [[First United Methodist Church]] office and chapel building (built 1950)
*** 514: former location of [[H. C. Vaughan|H. C.]] & [[Emma Vaughan]] (1897)
*** 518: former location of [[G. C. Kelly|G. C.]] & [[Nannie Kelly]] (1897)
** 520–530: [[First United Methodist Church]] (present building completed in 1888)
 
* east side ([[Block 47]]):
** 501–521: [[Regions Center]] parking deck (built 1972)
*** 501: former location of [[Nick's Grill & Steak House]] (1945), [[Villa Restaurant]] (1960)
*** 507: former location of [[Forbes Radio Shop]] (1929)
*** 509: former location of [[G. H. Taylor|G. H.]] & [[Helen Taylor]] / [[S. M. Moses|S. M.]] & [[Mamie Moses]] (1897)
*** 511: former location of Mrs [[L. W. Francis]] / [[G. W. Stirling|G. W.]] & [[Jennie Stirling]] / [[A. S. Montgomery|A. S.]] & [[Olive Montgomery]] (1897)
*** 513: former location of [[American Cool Air Corp.]] (1929)
*** 515: former location of [[D. L. Elbert|D. L.]] & [[Maline Elbert]] (1897), [[Shuford's Studio]] (1929)
*** 521: former location of [[J. A. Allen|J. A.]] & [[Sue Allen]] / [[J. W. Lee|J. W.]] & [[Margie Lee]] (1897), [[American Banker's Corp.]] (1929)
** 523-531: [[1901 Sixth Avenue]] (built 1989 as AmSouth-Harbert Plaza), former site of [[Masonic Temple]] (built 1922, demolished 1970), [[Temple Theatre]] (1925–1970)
 
====[[6th Avenue North]] intersects====
** west side:
* 600-630: [[AT&T City Center]] (built 1971)
*** 600-610: former location of [[Greyhound]] bus depot<!--http://www.birminghamrewound.com/features/Greyhound(3-40).jpg-->
*** 618: former location of [[Greyhound Post House]] restaurant (1961)
** east side:
* 601: [[Centennial Place]]
* 621: [[1905 Park Place|one story commercial building]], [[Avadian Credit Union]]
 
====[[Park Place]] intersects (east only)====
* east side:
** 601-609 [[Birmingham City Hall parking deck]]
*** 609: former location of [[Mickey's Place]] ([[Pete Saras]] 1958)
** 611-621: [[Birmingham City Hall]] (built 1950)
** 623-631: [[Birmingham City Hall]] expansion
* west side:
** 618: [[Birmingham Greyhound Station]] (built 1950)
 
====[[7th Avenue North]] intersects (west only)====
* east side:
** [[Birmingham City Hall]] (built 1950)
* 701: former location of [[F. W. Bransby]] produce & groceries (1925)
* 725: former location of [[Pilgrim Congregational Hall]] (1907- )
* west side ([[Block 19]]):
** 700-710: parking lot
** 712-714: [[Jefferson County Emergency Management Agency]]
** "[[Today to Tonight]]" mural (painted 1978, painted over 2010-2015)
* [[7th Alley North]] (west only)
** 716: former location of [[Jefferson Music Co.]] (1963)
** 730: former location of [[George Covallis]] restaurant (1928), [[J. F. Holley Construction Company]]
 
====[[Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard]] intersects====
[[File:1887 A O Lane residence.jpg|right|thumb|325px|View north on 19th Street from 8th Avenue North in 1892. Mayor [[1887 A. O. Lane residence|A. O. Lane's residence]] on the left.]]
* 800: [[Alabama School of Fine Arts]], [[Dorothy Jemison Day Theater]] (2012-), former location of [[1887 A. O. Lane residence]] (1887-)
* 801: [[Birmingham Parking Authority Deck 2]]
* 828 : former location of [[Alf Conybear]] restaurant, [[Niagara Cafe]] ([[George Marinoff]] 1949)
* 841: former location of [[E. Brilis]] (1907), [[Karas Bros.]] restaurant (1910)
 
====[[Interstate 20]]/[[Interstate 59]] passes over====
* [[City Walk]] (built 2022)
* [[9th Avenue North]] intersection
** 908: former location of [[Furniture Distributors, Inc.]] (1927)
** 925: former location of [[Arnold Coal Company]] (1923)
** 931: former location of [[A.H. Cather Publishing Co.]] (1934)
 
===[[Fountain Heights]]/[[Druid Hills]]===
* [[9th Avenue North]] intersects:
** west side:
** former location of Bayliss Machine & Welding (1935-1970)<!--http://www.baylissmachine.com/about-us.html-->
** 900–916: parking lot
*** 914: former location of [[Forney Coleman]] restaurant (1928)
** 918: [[Euro Auto Repair]]
** 918: [[Euro Auto Repair]]
** [[Social Security Building (1974)]]
** 920–930: [[Designer Checks Building]] / [[Main Street Birmingham]]
** 1120: [[Oak Hill Cemetery]]/[[Oak Hill Memorial Association]]
** east side:
*** 901–931: [[Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex]]
 
* [[10th Avenue North]] intersects (west only)
** west side:
** 1000–1030: [[BJCC Orange Parking Lot]], former location of [[Jenkins Lumber Company]] lumber yard and mill
*** 1000: former location of [[W. R. Wood]] groceries (1925), [[Contri's Grocery]] (1926–December 24, 1969)
*** 1008: former location of  [[Yellow Cab]] Company of Birmingham (1957)
*** 1020: former location of [[Tradetype Service]] type composers (1959)
** 1040: [[9th Episcopal District of the African Methodist Episcopal Church]], former location of [[Baker Bros.]] grocery (1925), [[BTNB BJCC branch]]
 
* [[11th Avenue North]] intersects
** west side:
*** [[Oak Hill Cemetery]] (established 1873)
** east side:
*** [[Social Security Building (1974)]]
*** 1127: former location of [[Julia Davis (restaurateur)|Julia Davis]] restaurant (1928)
 
* [[F. L. Shuttlesworth Drive]] intersects (east only)
** west side:
*** [[Oak Hill Cemetery]] continues
** east side:
*** [[Arthur Shores Park]]
 
* [[13th Avenue North]] intersects (east only)
** west side:
*** [[Oak Hill Cemetery]] continues
** east side:
 
* [[13th Court North]] intersects (west only)
** west side:
*** 1306: former location of [[Birmingham Fire Station No. 5]] (1960)
*** 1324: former location of [[North Highland Grocery Co.]] (1925), [[Curb Market]]
** east side:
** 1333: [[Birmingham Health Care]] clinic / [[Northside Dental Clinic]] (2008–), former location of [[Hill's Food Stores|Hill Grocery Co.]]
 
* [[14th Avenue North]] intersects
** former location of [[Bellevue Academy]]
** 1400:
** 1412: [[Bible Based Outreach Ministry]], former location of [[Pentecostal Holiness Church]] (1971)
 
* [[15th Avenue North]] intersects
** 1517: [[Uptown Apartments]]
** 1517: [[Uptown Apartments]]
* [[16th Avenue North]] intersects
** 1617: former location of [[Jefferson Garage]] (1927)
** 1910: former location of [[Holy Family Church]] (1981)
=== [[North Birmingham]] ===
** 2500: [[Slossfield Community Center]]


[[Category:19th Street North|*]]
[[Category:19th Street North|*]]

Latest revision as of 11:35, 3 May 2024

19th Street North is one of the primary north-south streets in downtown Birmingham's business district.

19th Street begins at the northern end of 19th Street South, in a tunnel underneath the railroad tracks of the Railroad Reservation. From there it first crosses Morris Avenue and continues north all the way to 16th Avenue North. There are additional sections of the street in North Birmingham from 21st to 37th Avenue North.

The street serves as the eastern boundary of Birmingham's Civil Rights District between 3rd and 8th Avenue North. It also serves as the border of the Fountain Heights and Central City neighborhoods south of 9th Avenue North and Fountain Heights and Druid Hills north of 9th Avenue.

A 1907 train accident occurred at the intersection of 19th Street and 9th Avenue North. A notable early balloon ascent took place near the intersection with 1st Avenue North in 1891. The street is included on the route of the annual Veterans Day parade.

19th Street was one of the city's earlier "whiteways" to have electric lighting. The lighting was upgraded and extended past 6th Avenue as far as 8th Avenue North in 1945 under the city's contract with the Birmingham Electric Company.

In 1981-1982 major landscaping was done to the first few blocks to designs by architect Pedro Costa. The intent was to create a pedestrian-friendly boulevard to help revitalize languishing commercial activity along the street, but the extended construction period had the unintended effect of further harming business traffic. In 1985 Operation New Birmingham formed a "19th Street Taskforce" to identify specific improvements that could be made to mitigate the problem. Students from Auburn University's landscape architecture and planning programs participated in design charettes to sketch out proposals.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 19th Street North category.

Fountain Heights/Central City neighborhood

Morris Avenue intersects

1st Avenue North (U. S. Highway 11) intersects

2nd Avenue North intersects

Birmingham Transit Co. bus on the 200 block of 19th Street North

3rd Avenue North intersects

4th Avenue North intersects

1979 photo of Block 61, looking southwest from the corner of 5th Avenue North and 19th Street

5th Avenue North intersects

6th Avenue North intersects

Park Place intersects (east only)

7th Avenue North intersects (west only)

Reverend Abraham Woods Jr Boulevard intersects

View north on 19th Street from 8th Avenue North in 1892. Mayor A. O. Lane's residence on the left.

Interstate 20/Interstate 59 passes over

Fountain Heights/Druid Hills

North Birmingham

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