11th Avenue South

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

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

• avenue formerly began at 10th Avenue South
  • 1001: former location of Hannibal Huffstutler chiropractor (1959)
  • 1014: former location of Norman Virciglio interior decorator (1959)
  • 1020: former location of apartments (1970)

• 11th Street South formerly intersected
  • north side:
    • 1100–1140: UAB Parking Lot 15L
  • south side:
    • 1101–1137: Glen Iris Elementary School (expanded to 11th Avenue in 2006)
      • 1111: former location of Salem Shunnarah huckster (1959)
      • 1121–1123: former location of Virginian Apartments (1942–1970)
      • 1137: former location of Snoozy's College Bookstore (2000)

• 11th Place South intersects
  • north side:
    • 1140: 1023–1027 11th Place South (side)
    • 1142–1158: 1-story strip shopping center (George Hatzigeorgis)
      • 1158: former location of apartments (1959)
    • 1160: former location of Sans Souci Apartments (1959–1970)
  • south side:
    • 1157: former location of Alpha Lambda Chi (2000)
    • 1161: Frame It Birmingham, former location of Serig
    • 1167: former location of apartments (1942–1970)

• Cullom Street intersects (south only)
  • north side:
    • 1170: Trinity Commons: Episcopal Student Center
    • 1176: St Joseph's House (built c. 1901), Episcopal Counseling Center (2000)
    • 1180: St Andrew's Episcopal Church (built 1915)
  • south side:
    • 1151–1165: parking lot
    • 1169–1171: Venetian Village building (built 1929)

• 12th Street South intersects
  • north side:
    • 1200-1280: UAB Parking Lot 15-D
      • 1200–1210: former site of 11th Avenue United Methodist Church (built 1904, demolished 2009)
        • 1202: former location of Hill's Food Store, Pounds
      • 1212: former location of Holiday Apartments (1959–1970)
  • south side:
    • 1201–1231: UAB Hospital-Highlands (2006–), former location of South Highlands Infirmary (1910–1971), South Highlands Hospital (1971–1989), HealthSouth Medical Center (1989–2006)
      • 1201: former location of Brooks Drugs, W. C. Wood's Drug Store (1942), Giles Drugs (1959), Modern Drugs (1970)
      • 1203: former location of Hill Grocery Co. (1942)
      • 1205: former location of Stonecroft Convalescent Nursing Home (1970)
      • 1221: former location of apartments (1959)

• 13th Street South intersects
  • north side:
    • 1300: UAB Hoehn Engineering Building / UAB Parking Lot 16D
    • 1312–1320: former location of Tower Court Apartments (1942–1970)
    • 1324: Highland Manor Apartments (1970–)
    • 1330: parking lot, former location of Twelve Oaks Apartments (1970)
  • south side:
    • 1301–1331: UAB Hospital-Highlands parking lot
      • 1311: former location of The Ponce De Leon apartments (1942–1970)
      • 1323–1325: former location of apartments (1970)

• 14th Street South intersects
  • north side:
    • 1400–1430: Blount Hall dormitory (built 2001)
      • 1400: former location of Utopia Cleaners (1959–1970)
      • 1404: former location of 11th Avenue Creamery delicatessen (1942)
      • 1406: former location of Otis Odum furnished rooms (1959)
      • 1428: former location of B & W Cleaners (1942), American Peerless DeLuxe laundry & cleaners (1959)
        • 1428½: former location of apartments (1959–1970)
      • 1430: former location of Griffith Drug Co. (1942–1970)
  • south side:
    • 1401–1413: Chevron gas station
      • 1407: former location of apartments (1959–1970)
      • 1413: Grant's
    • 1429: Papa John's Pizza (2000–)
    • 1431: CVS Pharmacy (2000–), former location of Winter Apartments (1942–1970), Big B Drugs

• 15th Street South intersects (south only)
  • north side:
    • 1500–1530: Rast Hall dormitory (built 1990)
      • 1500–1506: former location of A & A Service Station (1942), Brocato's Shell service station (1959–1970)
      • 1508: former location of apartments (1959–1970)
      • 1516: former location of apartments (1959)
      • 1520: former location of apartments (1959)
      • 1530: former location of Pelham Carter Jr chiropractor (1959), Bessie Felton boarding house (1970)
  • south side:
    • 1501–1507: Circle K, former location of 15th Street Service Station (1942–1970)
      • 1501: Hungry Howie's, former location of Fabric Care Center (2000)
      • 1503: former location of Shop-A-Snax food mart (2000)
      • 1505: former location of J. W. McClain architect (1904)
    • 1509: former location of University Federal Credit Union (2000), Legacy Community Federal Credit Union (–2011)
    • 1517: former location of Southside Chapel (1959–1970)
    • 1521–1531: Spain McDonald Clinic, former location of Southeastern Comprehensive Head Injury Center (2000)
      • 1531: former location of apartments

• 16th Street South intersects
  • north side:
    • 1600–1616: UAB tennis courts
      • 1612: former location of Austin-Lewis-General Hospital (1959)
      • 1616: former location of apartments (1942–1959)
    • 1618: former location of apartments (1942–1959)
    • 1620: former location of Carolyn Apartments (1959–1970)
    • 1622: former location of Get 'N' Go grocery (1970), Grant's Convenience Store (1971)
  • south side:
    • 1601: Birmingham Regional EMS System, former location of Fritz Kant physician (1959), Martha Green physician (1959–1970)
    • 1605: UAB Registar's Office, former location of Seaburt Goodman physician (1959–1970), Bridge International / Muscular Therapy (2000)
    • 1613: Blazer Kitchen food pantry (2022–), former location of Gerald Falletta / Pasqualino Falletta physicians (1970), Fredrick Smith dentist (2000), Pediatric Dental Associates (-2019)
    • 1617: The Kirk Effect hair studio (2021–), former location of George Hatzigeorgis physician (2000), General-Holding Tax (2015–2017)
    • 1621–1627: Magnolia Pediatrics
      • 1627: former location of apartments (1959)
    • 1629: Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corp., former location of James Brittain / William M. McDonald dentists (1970), Alabama Medical Disability Examinations (2000)
    • 1633: former location of Allen Koslin dentist (1970), Christopher Kahn dentist (2000), UAB Police Annex
    • 1635–1639: UAB Solar House (built 2017)
      • 1637: former location of Arthur Woods physician (1959)

Medical Towers building in 2018

• 17th Street South intersects
  • north side:
    • 1700–1738: UAB Parking Lot 15W
      • 1704: former location of apartments (1942), Boykin Building (1959)
      • 1714: former location of Planned Parenthood (1970) Jack Weiss dentist (2000), Robert Turner Optical (1977–)
      • 1738: former location of The Hampton Arms apartments (1942–1959)
  • south side (Block 780):
    • 1701–1713: 1701 Building, UAB Undergraduate Admissions, former location of Benjamin Morton dentist (1970), National Bank of Commerce (2000)
    • 1715: 1715 Building, formerly the Dental Arts Building (1959)
    • 1717–1731: UAB Medical Towers (built 1972)
      • 1717: former location of Walter Andrews Jr / Hollis Geiger dentists (1959)
      • 1731: former location of Dee Voe Vissell masseuse (1949), E. Dee Voe naturopath (1959)

• 18th Street South intersects
  • north side:
    • 1800–1812: UAB Center for Biophysical Sciences and Engineering
      • 1800: former location of The Roosevelt Apartments (1942–1959)
      • 1810: former location of Clarence Boutwell artist (1959)
      • 1812: former location of Jack Phillips printing supplies (1959)
    • 1814–1830: Southside Branch Library (built 1996), former site of Thomas Parke residence (-1955), Parke Memorial Library (1955-1996)
  • south side (Block 777):
    • 1801–1805: Podiatry Associates building
    • 1807: former location of Thomas W. Jones / George Matthew dentists (1959), George Matthews Jr dentist / Walter Cain physician (1970)
    • 1815: Penn Properties, former location of Earl Shugerman / Alwyn Shugerman / Donald Silberman / Keehn Berry physicians / Bernard Randman dentist (1959), Associated Doctors Laboratory (1970)
    • 1821–1831: South Highland Station post office
      • 1831: former location of apartments (1959)

• 10th Court South (northwest only) intersects
  • north side:
    • Southside Baptist Church

• 19th Street South intersects
  • north side (Block 771):
    • 1900–1906 (formerly 1900–1910): Five Points Market shopping center (built 1947)
      • 1906: former location of Highland Barber Shop (David Decker 1942)
    • 1908 (formerly 1912): Boothby Realty Building (built c. 1925), former location of Boothby Realty Co. (1970)
      • 1908: Jim 'N Nick's Bar-B-Q (2003-), former location of Wagon Wheel Cafe (1942), The Wagon Wheel (1959), Breckinridge Brewery (-1999), 11th Avenue Grill (1999-2003)
    • 1910-1918: Surin West restaurant
      • 1912: former location of B & W Cleaners Dyers Hatters & Laundry (1959–1960), Melons Restaurant
      • 1914-1918: Five Points Theatre (built c. 1922, remodeled 1936)
        • 1914: former location of U.S. Post Office South Highlands Branch (1970–1983), Clyde Houston's (1992), AJ's (1994), Taco Mac (2000)
        • 1918: former location of Hopper's (1992), Surin West restaurant (1995-)
    • 1920-1922: 1922 Shropshire & Daniel building, former location of Shropshire & Daniel grocery (1922-1939)
      • 1920: former location of Five Points Record Bar (1946), One Hour Cleaners (1959), La Dame Laundry & Cleaners (1970)
      • 1922: former location of Maggie Terry dressmaker (1942), Tom Jones Cleaning & Laundry (1942–1959), Start Gallery (1970), Toner's Tournament Club restaurant (1982-1983)
    • 1924: Five Points Grocery building (built c. 1913)
    • 1926-1934: Studio Arts Building (1910-1987, rebuilt 1994)
  • south side:
    • 1901-1905: Fred Jones building (built 1928), Fred S. Jones & Co. caterers (1928-1970), Golden Temple natural grocery (1975-)
      • • 1901½: Birmingham Festival Theatre
      • 1903: former location of a frame shop (-1993)
      • 1905: former location of Birmingham Bowling Center (1941–1942), Five Points Bowling Center (1959), Alabama Bridge Association (1970)
      • 1907: former location of Universal Interiors Inc. office interiors (1970)
      • 1909: Ikko restaurant (August 2017-), former location of Easy Wash-N-Clean Center (1970), Flamingo Dry Cleaners (2000), Spring Aire Cleaners
    • 1915-1933: Munger Building (built 1928)

• 20th Street South/Magnolia Avenue (northeast only) intersect (Five Points South)
  • north side:
    • Storyteller fountain
    • Highlands United Methodist Church (formerly Five Points Methodist Episcopal Church; former site of Phillip Alosi’s Palace Market)
    • 2018: Village Bridal (November 2018-), former location of Likis Stereo Center (1970), Gerard's mens & boys clothing / Mia's family clothing (2000), Alexander Eton clothier (2014-2017), Kempis Press
    • 2020: LaSalle Apartments (built 1926)
    • 2030: Dulion Apartments (built 1920)
  • south side:
    • 2001-2011: Spanish Stores commercial building (built 1926)
    • 2015: former location of Stansel Law Firm (2000)
    • 2025: former location of the Arnold Residence (c. 1903)
    • 2027–2031: 1st Church of Christ, Scientist (built 1911), Presley Burton & Collier, former location of Five Points Chapel, 1st Church of Christ, Scientist (1942), Conwell Orthopedic Clinic (Earle Conwell 1959–1970) Giattina Fisher Aycock (2000), Slaughter Hanson & Associates

• Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South (21st Street South)/11th Court South (east only) intersect
  • 2100 (1031 Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard South):
  • 2108: former location of Thomas & Allene Benners residence (1906), Highland View Apartments (1959)
  • 2110: former location of Sarah Mallam / Dolores Oxengene music teachers (1942)
  • 2112: Plaza Building, former location of Acacia Mutual Life Insurance Co. (1970), Volkert & Associates

• 21st Place South intersection (north only)
  • 2140: Park Building
  • Ridge Park (formerly Rust Engineering)
  • 2164: former location of Catholic Charities Bureau (1970)

• avenue ends at 22nd Street South
• avenue continues northeast at 10th Court South

Highland Park

• 24th Street South intersects (northwest only; road terminus)
  • 2485: former location of Bayview Apartments (1942–1970)
  • 2503: former location of Rainey Insurance Agency (Lillius Rainey 1959–1970)

• 26th Street South intersects (road does not align)
  • 2601–2603: Southside Townhouses
  • Claridge Manor Apartments

• 27th Street South intersects
  • 2701–2705: apartments (1959)
  • 2721: Robert Ingalls residence

• 28th Street South intersects (road does not align)
  • 2809–2813: former location of Lakewood Apartments (1959)

• 28th Place South intersects

• avenue ends at Rhodes Circle

Forest Park-South Avondale

• avenue resumes at 38th Street South
  • 3824: John Schnorrenberg residence, former Lina Matthews residence
  • 4112: Llewellyn Johns Jr residence
• avenue ends at Cliff Road

Crestwood North

• avenue resumes at 53rd Street South
  • 5504: Carl Henckell residence
• avenue resumes at 58th Street South

References

• Schoel, H. (1892). Map of the City of Birmingham, Alabama and Suburbs. Accessed via Historical Maps of Jefferson County on June 6, 2014.
• Cram, George F. (1898). "Birmingham" from Cram's Universal Atlas, Geographical, Astronomical and Historical. Accessed via Historical Maps of Jefferson County on April 8, 2010.
• Kelley's Map of Birmingham, Alabama. (1911). Kelley Company. Accessed via Historical Maps of Jefferson County on June 6, 2014.
• Grefenkamp's Map of Birmingham, Alabama. (1914). A.J. Grefenkamp & Co. Accessed via Historical Maps of Jefferson County on June 6, 2014.