13th Street South

13th Street South is a north-south street in Midtown and Southside Birmingham, within the Five Points South neighborhood. 13th Street South is separate from 13th Street North by the Railroad Reservation. It continues south from there, through the Parkside District and the UAB Campus, terminating at 17th Avenue South on the northern slope of Red Mountain.

Notable Locations (north to south)

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 13th Street South category.

Parkside District

• street begins at Railroad Reservation
  • west side:
    • 0–14: Foundry Yards apartments (built 2020)
      • 8: former location of Harris Transfer & Warehouse Co. (1930–1970), Allied Van Lines / R. T. French Co. wholesale spices / West Chemical Products / Sangamo Electric Co. (1970)
  • east side:
    • 1–15:

• Powell Avenue intersects (east only)
  • west side:
    • 16–30: Cottage Supply Company
  • east side:
    • 17–31: Baker's Row parking deck

• 1st Avenue South (formerly Avenue A) intersects
  • west side:
    • 100–114: Industrial Fire & Safety Equipment
      • 114: former location of John W. Reed (1930)
    • 116–130: Northstar Wholesale
  • east side:
    • 101–111: Parkside Parking Lot (built 2018), former location of Dunn Construction Co. (1930), Building Materials Wholesale, Marjam Supply Co.
    • 113–131: BILT in Alabama, former location of Marx Brothers food brokers (1970), CM Sales & Associates (2011), Affordable Office Furniture Co. (2015)
      • 121: former location of Cora Williams (1930)
      • 129: former location of Henry Jones (1930)

• 2nd Avenue South (formerly Avenue B) intersects
  • west side:
    • 200–230: University Park offices & warehouses / Better Basics, former location of Motlow Distilling Company (1904–1908)
      • 210: former location of John Brooks (1930)
      • 212: former location of Joseph Thomas (1930)
      • 216: former location of Lark Miller billiards (1930)
      • 218: former location of John Taylor barber (1930)
      • 220: former location of Sallie Washington (1930), Joseph Avery (1970)
      • 222: former location of Thomas Calhoun (1930), Willie Pope (1970)
      • 224: former location of Inez Long (1970)
      • 226: former location of Phillip Voltz (1970)
      • 230: former location of Norman Latona grocery (1930)
  • east side:
    • 201–231: University House apartments (built 2007)
      • 201: former location of Mattie Harris restaurant (1930)
      • 203: former location of Mattie Harris (1930), Thorn Corp. warehouse (1970)
      • 205:
        • 205½: former location of Cleveland Sloan (1930)
      • 207:
        • 207½: former location of Landis Johnson (1930)
      • 209–215: former location of Birmingham Furnace & Roofing Co. (1930)

• 3rd Avenue South (formerly Avenue C) intersects (one way west)
  • west side:
    • 300–306: parking lot
      • 300: former location of John Williams (1930)
      • 302: former location of Carter Shields (1930), Henry Hardley (1970)
      • 304: former location of William Whatley (1930), Willie White (1970)
      • 306: former location of Eula Peterson (1930), James Williams (1970)
        • 306 rear: former location of Mattie Tinsley (1970)
    • 308–330: Chevron gas station
      • 308: former location of Perry Owen (1930), William Harrell (1970)
        • 308 rear: former location of Jane Ellis (1970)
      • 310: former location of Andrew Adkins (1930), Miles McLemore (1970)
        • 310 rear: former location of Eula Smart (1970)
        • 310½: former location of Elnora Alford (1970)
        • 310½ rear: former location of Tom Norman (1970)
      • 312: former location of Henry Jackson
      • 316: former location of Morning View Baptist Church (1930)
      • 318: former location of Homer Clatt (1970)
      • 320: former location of 12th Street Beauty Shop (1970)
  • east side:
    • 301–313: Cain Awning Co.
      • 301: former location of Lester Burnett (1930)
      • 303: former location of John Taylor (1930)
      • 313: former location of Henry Morris (1930), James Addie (1970)
    • 315–331: Tool-Smith Company
      • 315: former location of Katie Gilbert (1970)
      • 317: former location of Homer Clatt (1930)
      • 319: former location of Silas Jones (1930), Allie Powell (1970)
      • 321: former location of Sarah Ellis (1970)

UAB campus

• 4th Avenue South (formerly Avenue D) intersects
  • west side:
    • 400–430: UAB Parking Lot 15B, former location of Cameron-Lane School (1952), Lane School (1970), Lane Teacher Building (demolished 2011)
  • east side:
    • 401–405: Myers Properties office building
      • 405: Visions Beauty Salon, former location of King Moore (1930), Garfield Hill (1970)
    • 407: former location of Alvin Adams (1930), Roy Price (1970)
    • 411–431: site of proposed 7-story student apartment building (2022), former location of Southern Coal Yards (1930), Quality Press (2011)

• 5th Avenue South (formerly Avenue E) intersects
  • west side:
    • 514–530: UAB Parking Lot 15C
  • east side:
    • 501–513: UAB Parking Lot 15N
      • 501: former location of Rosie Lawson (1970)
      • 503: former location of Willie Davis (1970)
        • 503A: former location of Henry Beard (1970)
      • 507: former location of Carl Blunt (1930)
      • 509: former location of Carrie Griffin (1930), John Pruitt (1970)
      • 513: former location of Susie Robertson (1930), William Wright (1970)
    • 515–531: UAB Steam Plant (built 2013)
      • 515: former location of Vinie Martin (1930)
      • 517: former location of Earl Apling (1930), Mrs Willie Davis (1970)
      • 519: former location of Rosa Johnson (1930), Daisy Sadler (1970)
      • 521: former location of Houston Barton (1930), Minnie Walton (1970)
      • 523: former location of Joel Thomas (1930), Ray Franklin (1970)
      • 525: former location of Callie Harper (1930), Dorothy Bruce (1970)
      • 527: former location of William Harris (1930), Carl Warner (1970)

• 6th Avenue South (formerly Avenue F) intersects
  • west side:
  • east side:
    • 601–631: Bartow Arena (built 1988)
      • 601: former location of Rosa Swift (1930)
      • 603: former location of Otis Ogletree (1930)
      • 607: former location of John Williams (1930)
      • 609: former location of Thomas Cook (1930)
      • 611: former location of Ruth Brown (1930)
      • 617–619: former location of apartments (1970)
        • 617: former location of Gabriel McMillan (1930)
        • 619: former location of Octavia Ball (1930)
      • 621: former location of Roosevelt Beard (1930)
      • 623: former location of Charles Fowler (1930)

• no intersection at 7th Avenue South (formerly Avenue G)
  • west side:
    • 700–730: UAB Collat School of Business building / Blazer Pride Plaza (built 2018), former location of UAB Parking Lot 15A (demolished 2017)
      • 700: former location of Wallace Jones (1930), Charlie Gross (1970)
      • 702: former location of John Stinson (1930)
      • 704: former location of Jesse Marshall (1930), Idella Harpe dressmaker (1970)
      • 706: former location of Lumie Davis (1930)
      • 708: former location of Annie Richards (1930), Theo Forrest (1970)
      • 710: former location of Ernest Edmonds (1930)
      • 712: former location of Wade Mason (1930)
      • 7th Court South formerly intersected
      • 714: former location of Leon Fulton (1930), Arthur Craig (1970)
      • 716: former location of Henry Cox (1930), Johnnie Williams (1970)
      • 718: former location of Thomas Ephron (1930)
      • 720: former location of Julia Jackson (1930), John Kendrick (1970)
      • 722: former location of Minnie Hogan (1930)
      • 724: former location of Boyd (1930), Mary Polion (1970)
        • 724A: former location of Ida Mitchell (1930)
      • 726: former location of Robert Tolbert (1930), Betty Walker (1970)
  • east side:
    • 701–731: Campbell Hall (built 1978, expanded 1991)
      • 705: former location of John Stinson (1930)
      • 707: former location of Wiley Hunt (1930)
      • 711: former location of William Doss (1930)
      • 7th Court South formerly intersected
      • 713: former location of Roy Phillips (1930), Mary Stubbs (1970)
      • 721: former location of Mary Godfrey (1930), James Gray (1970)
      • 723: former location of Daisy Boysaw (1930), Ed McGrew (1970)
      • 725: former location of J. H. Mitchell Jr (1930), Peggy Henderson (1970)
      • 727: former location of Daisy Sanders (1930), Jessie Dudley (1970)
      • 729: former location of Charles Banks (1930), Eddie Collins (1970)
      • 731: former location of Priscilla Watkins (1930)

• University Boulevard (formerly Avenue H, 8th Avenue South) intersects
  • west side:
    • 800–818: 12th Street Deck (expanded 2010)
      • 800: former location of Peter DeGeorge (1930)
      • 802: former location of Elizabeth Tebshrany / Samuel Boackle (1930)
        • 802A: former location of Samuel Wilson (1970)
        • 802B: former location of Thelma Jones (1970)
      • 814: former location of Thomas Williams residence (1909), Jesse Hall (1930), Leona Cartwright (1970)
      • 818: former location of William Carlisle / Herbert Carlisle (1930), Ruby Williams (1970)
    • 9th Court South formerly intersected
    • 820–824: Alabama Power Southside Distribution Substation
      • 822: former location of Richard George
    • 828–830: UAB Parking Lot 15G
  • east side:
    • 801: former location of John Sharbel / Louis Esper (1930)
    • 807: former location of Albert Tebshrany (1930), Annie Miller (1970)
    • 809: former location of Harry Rensford (1930)
    • 815: former location of Joe Lacey (1970)
    • 817: former location of Percy Fulcher (1930), William McFarland (1970)
      • 817½: former location of Alex Nasser (1930)
    • 819: former location of Dennis Walker Jr (1970)
    • 9th Court South formerly intersected
    • 821: former location of William Kabase / George Joseph (1930)
    • 825: former location of Marvin Millican (1930)
    • 829: former location of Louis Goodman (1930)
    • 831: former location of John Portera (1930)

• no intersection at 9th Avenue South
  • west side:
    • 900–918: UAB Humanities Building (built 1972), former location of UAB Visual Arts Gallery (1974–2014)
      • 900: former location of Lawrence Ridout / Gordon Goodall physician / John Bethune / Eleanor Stearns (1930), apartment building (1970)
      • 904: former location of Thomas Bryan (1930), apartment building (1970)
        • 904 rear: former location of John Winn (1930)
      • 908: former location of Myrtis Finney (1930), apartment building (1970)
      • 912: former location of Walter Howard (1930), apartment building (1970)
    • 9th Court South formerly intersected
    • 920–930: UAB Hulsey Center
      • 920: former location of William Fowler (1930), John Howard / Bessie Howard (1970)
      • 924: former location of Moses Waitt (1930), Lucy Darby (1970)
        • 924 rear: former location of William Reese (1930)
      • 926: former location of Bessie Sanderson dressmaker / Isaac Kartzinel (1930), apartment building (1970)
  • east side:
    • 901–905: UAB Mini Park
      • 901: former location of Ellis Mosley (1930), Ludie Webb (1970)
      • 905: former location of Robert Hewitt (1930)
    • 907–919: UAB Education Building (built 1971)
      • 909: former location of Palace Apartments (1970)
      • 911: former location of Mollie Donovan (1930)
      • 915: former location of Josephine Dalrymple (1930)
      • 919: former location of apartment building (1970)
    • 9th Court South formerly intersected
    • 921–933: Mervyn H. Sterne Library (built 1973, expanded 1987)
      • 923: former location of Albert Staples (1930), Preston Smith (1970)
      • 927: former location of John Potts (1930), James Boston / William Shirley (1970)
      • 931: former location of Salvatore Magzaro (1930), apartment building (1970)
      • 933: former location of John Hennessy (1930)

• 10th Avenue South intersects
  • west side:
    • 1000–1010: Abroms-Engel Institute for the Visual Arts (built 2014)
      • 1000: former location of apartment building (1970)
    • 1012–1030: UAB Parking Lot 15D
  • east side:
    • 1001–1011: UAB National Alumni Society
      • 1001: former location of Gladys Patterson (1970)
        • 1001½: former location of Elvin Goggins (1970)
    • 1015: former location of John O'Rourke (1970)
    • 1029: former location of apartment building (1970)
    • 1075: UAB School of Engineering

• 11th Avenue South intersects
  • west side:
    • 1100–1140: UAB Hospital-Highlands (2006–), former location of South Highlands Infirmary (1910–1971), South Highlands Hospital (1971–1989), HealthSouth Medical Center (1989–2006)
      • 1108: former location of James Stinson (1970)
      • 1110: former location of Del-Mar Apartments (1970)
      • 1114: former location of Mennonite Voluntary Service Center (1970)
      • 1116: former location of Raymond Stubblefield (1970)
        • 1116½: former location of Lois Lane (1970)
      • 1124: former location of Drue Nichols (1970)
      • 1126: former location of Carlton Bryan / Linda Armstrong (1970)
      • 1138: former location of Robert Fletcher (1970)
      • 1140: former location of apartment building (1970)
  • east side:
    • 1105: former location of Hugh Adams (1970)
    • 1107: former location of Lucille Vest (1970)
    • 1109: former location of apartment building (1970)
    • 1111: former location of apartment building (1970)
    • 1113: former location of Cecil Bethea (1970)
    • 1115: former location of apartment building (1970)
    • 1117: former location of Robert Ackerman (1970)
    • 1119: former location of Bertha Kanakis (1970)
    • 1121: former location of Charlie Sharbel (1970)
    • 1123: former location of Joseph Tortomasi (1970)
    • 1125: former location of Joseph Gingold (1970)
    • 1127: former location of apartment building (1970)
    • 1129: former location of B & S Painting & Decorating Co. / Milton Stancil (1970)
    • 1131: former location of Stella Goff (1970)

• no intersection at 12th Avenue South
  • west side:
    • 1200–1230: UAB Hospital-Highlands
  • east side:

• no intersection at 13th Avenue South
  • west side:
    • 1300–1316: UAB Hospital-Highlands
    • 1318–1330: 1222 14th Avenue South building
  • east side:
    • 1301–1311: parking lot
    • 1313: UAB Orthopedic Specialties / UAB Center for Exercise Medicine
    • 1317: residence
    • 1321: residence

residential

• 14th Avenue South intersects
  • west side:
    • 1400: residence, former location of Jennie Harper (1970)
    • 1410: vacant lot, former location of Hershell Wingate residence (1970)
      • 1410A: former location of John Smith (1970)
    • 1414–1424: Lennox Apartments
      • 1416: former location of Economy Grill & Boarding House (Peter Cherpes 1970)
    • 1428: former location of Woodrow Mitchell (1970)
    • 1430: residence, former location of Joseph Holley (1970)
    • 1434: vacant lot
  • east side:
    • 1415: Cordelle Apartments (1970–)
    • 1417: residence
    • 1421: residence, former location of Louise Adams (1970)
    • 1425: residence, former location of Velma Summerville (1970)
    • 1429: residence, former location of Myrtle Norwood (1970)
      • 1429½: former location of Annie Jones (1970)

Cullum Street/12th Street South Historic District

• 15th Avenue South intersects (street jogs west)
  • west side:
    • 1500: John Rogers residence (built c. 1904), former location of Bill Elmore (1970)
    • 1504: Mellie Dillon residence (built c. 1910), former location of Fred Godbehere (1970)
    • 1506: W. A. Burns residence (built 1909)
    • 1508: Ezekiel Wall residence (built 1908), former location of Robert Johnson (1970)
    • 1512: Howell Graham residence (built 1906), former location of Woodrow Lohr (1970)
    • 1516: C. I. Baker residence (built 1904), former location of Joseph Habshey (1970)
    • 1518: W. N. Johnson residence (built 1906), former location of Walter Johnson (1970)
  • east side:
    • 1501: J. L. Welch residence (built c. 1907), former location of apartments (1970)
    • 1507: Charles DeBardeleben residence (built c. 1906), former location of Douglas Carroll Jr (1970)
    • 1509: apartment building (built c. 1980)
    • 1513: C. K. Ramsay residence (built c. 1906), former location of Lydia Powell (1970)
    • 1515: F. G. Alexander residence (built c. 1907), former location of Percy Booth (1970)
    • 1517: C. W. Austin residence (built c. 1905), former location of Dewey Ruffin (1970)

residential

• 16th Avenue South intersects
  • west side:
    • 1600: residence, former location of Lilla Irwin (1970)
      • 1600½: former location of Ruby Swindle (1970)
    • 1602: former location of Clifford Richardson (1970)
    • 1604: residence
    • 1612: residence
    • 1616: residence
    • 1620: residence, former location of Vivian Smith (1970)
    • 1622: residence, former location of apartments (1970)
    • 1624: residence, former location of Thomas Cox (1970)
    • 1632: residence, former location of apartments (1970)
    • 1636: residence, former location of James Noles (1970)
    • 1640: residence, former location of James Hageland (1970)
    • 1644: residence, former location of Henry Hageland (1970)
  • east side:
    • 1601: residence, former location of Mae Matthews (1970)
    • 1603: residence, former location of Wint Lovelady Jr (1970)
    • 1605: residence, former location of Arnold Margan (1970)
    • 1607: residence
      • 1607A: former location of William Graham (1970)
      • 1607B: former location of Leora Franklin (1970)
    • 1611: residence, former location of Myrtle Hart (1970)
      • 1611½: former location of D. W. Mills (1970)
    • 1615: residence, former location of Arcyr Kampakis (1970)
    • 1621: residence, former location of Lloyd Woodard (1970)
    • 1625: residence, former location of Alf Nelson / Ruby Hart (1970)

• street ends at 17th Avenue South