1889

1889 was the 18th year after the founding of the City of Birmingham.

Events

• Avondale was incorporated.
• Avondale Lodge No. 476 was chartered.
• Birmingham annexation brought thousands of residents within the city limits.
• The Blount County seat was moved to Oneonta.
• E. E. Forbes & Sons Piano Company was founded.
• A. O. Lane began purchasing land on the southern slopes of Red Mountain, which is now Lane Park.
• The Johns post office was established.
• St Anthony's Church was founded in Ensley.
• Property for Shadow Lawn Cemetery was purchased.
• Methodist minister Solon Robertson founded Southside Mission.
• April 16: President Benjamin Harrison delivered a speech at Capitol Park.
• May 23: Richard Hawes was convicted of murdering his family.

Business

• Attorney John Altman left his partner J. R. McIntosh to join a firm headed by John McQueen.
• The Clifton Land Company reorganized as the South Birmingham Land Company.
• The Evening News changed its name to The Daily News.
• Blossburg Hollow Coke Ovens opened.
• Emil Loeb joined Loveman & Joseph, changing the company name to Loveman, Joseph, & Loeb.
• Mortimer's Dime Theatre closed.
• The Red Mountain Railroad Line opened.
• Attorneys James Weatherly and Walker Percy partnered in the firm of Weatherly & Percy.
• The Weekly Herald began publication.
• February: Sloss Furnace No. 4 was blown in.
• April: Bessemer Furnace No. 2 and Trussville Furnace were blown in.
• April 29: Ensley Furnace No. 1 was blown in.
• May 27: The Birmingham Brewing Company was incorporated.
• July 16: The Birmingham Athletic Club was incorporated.

Works

Buildings

1889 Jefferson County Courthouse

• C. C. Dubose residence
• Caldwell Hotel
• Eubanks Mercantile building
• Highland Town Hall
• Holy Rosary Catholic Church
• Jefferson County Courthouse
• Overseer's House
• Paul Hayne School addition
• Peerless Saloon
• South Highland Presbyterian Church's first church building
• Temple Emanu-El
• Zion Lutheran Church's first church building

Individuals

• Inventor Mary Anderson moved to Birmingham.
• J. E. McCann became pastor of Avondale United Methodist Church.
• John L. Parker arrived in Birmingham.
• W. L. Pickard became pastor of First Baptist Church of Birmingham.
• Louis Pizitz emigrated to the U. S. from Poland.
• Samuel Ullman was elected vice-president of the Birmingham Board of Education.
• February 27: Judge Samuel Greene married the former Mosa Miller.
• March 1: Alexander Phillips became pastor of South Highland Presbyterian Church.
• August 4: Brother Bryan was installed as Third Presbyterian Church's first permanent pastor.

Births

• Geneva Mercer, sculptor
• July 17: Guy Tutwiler, baseball player
• September 7: Bill Holden, baseball player

Deaths

• February 5: Mortimer Jordan, Jr, physician
• April 5: John Manning, Bessemer police officer
• December 25: Edouard Sidel, architect

Graduations

• Brother Bryan, theology degree from Princeton University
• Sterling Foster, B. A. from South West Presbyterian University
• Morris Newfield, B. D. from Theological College of the University of Budapest
• William Oliver, law degree from Alabama School of Law

Marriages

• March 27: Sid Lee to Minnie Coleman.

Context

In 1889, what would later become the Coca-Cola Company was incorporated. The Eiffel Tower was completed. The Wall Street Journal was established. Nintendo was founded to produce and market Hanafuda playing cards. North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, and Washington were admitted to the United States.

Notable births included those of Victor Fleming, Charlie Chaplin, Adolf Hitler, Igor Sikorsky, and Edwin Hubble. Deaths in 1889 included those of Jefferson Davis, Robert Browning, Father Damien, and James Prescott Joule.

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