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==Notable locations==
==Notable locations==
{{Alphabetical locations}}
{{Alphabetical locations}}
* [[Center Street]] intersection (road continues as [[6th Avenue West]])
* [[Center Street]] intersects (road continues as [[6th Avenue West]])
** 102: former location of the [[Canyon Club]] (1940s-1950s)
** 102: [[Faith Followers Spiritual Church of Truth]] (2004- ), former location of the [[Canyon Club]] (1940s-1950s)
** 105: [[Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist Church]]
** 105: [[Ephesus Seventh Day Adventist Church]] (1953)
** 212: former location of [[Ransom's Garage]] (1927)
** 212: former location of [[Ransom's Garage]] (1927)
** 322: former location of [[Dester Brooks]] florist (1953)
** 508: former location of [[McKinley Lauderdale]] tailor (1953)
** 600: [[Roland's Auto Works]]
** 600: [[Roland's Auto Works]]
** 701: [[Karl's Kar Klinic]]
** 700: former location of [[Standard Floors]] (1953)
** 900: [[I Got a Deal Auto Glass & Trim]]
** 701: [[Karl's Kar Klinic]], former location of [[Grainger Floors]] (1953)
** 930: [[Perfect Repair Collision Center]], former location of [[Gray Printing]]
** 705–707: former location of [[Red Stewart Supply Co.]] (1953)
** 709–711: former location of [[Pillsbury-Ballard]] flour mill (1953)
 
* [[9th Avenue North]] intersects
** 900: [[I Got a Deal Auto Glass & Trim]], former location of [[Pittsburgh Testing Laboratory]] (1953)
** 904: former location of [[Southern Vending Co.]] (1953)
** 905: former location of [[Jesse Holley]] general contractor (1953)
** 906: former location of [[Christie Plastering Co.]] (1953)
** 908: former location of [[Brewer Enterprises]] trailer rentals (1953)
** 917–919: former location of [[Southern Rubber Co.]] / [[Southern Recapping Co.]] tires (1953)
** 930: [[Perfect Repair Collision Center]], former location of [[Dixie Type & Supply Co.]] (1953), [[Gray Printing]]
 
* [[Interstate 65]] south off-ramp/[[10th Street North]] intersection
* [[Interstate 65]] south off-ramp/[[10th Street North]] intersection
* [[11th Street North]] intersection
** 1001–1005: former location of [[National Cylinder Gas Co.]] (1953)
** 1101: [[Tourway Inn of Birmingham]]
 
* [[12th Street North]] intersection
* [[11th Street North]] intersects
** 1100: former location of [[St James Baptist Church (Northside)|St James Baptist Church]] (built 1914; demolished after 1953)
** 1101: [[Tourway Inn of Birmingham]] (2008–)
** 1108: former location of [[Chuck Full of Nuts]] delicatessen (1953)
** 1127–1131: former location of [[Alabama Seafood Co.]] (1953)
 
* [[12th Street North]] intersects
** 1200: former location of [[Alabama Power Co.]] distribution building (1953)
** 1201-1231: [[Alabama Power Company]] vehicle maintenance garage (1950s-2020)
** 1201-1231: [[Alabama Power Company]] vehicle maintenance garage (1950s-2020)
** 1231: former location of [[Dixie Brass & Foundry]] (1925)
** 1231: former location of [[Dixie Brass & Foundry]] (1925), [[Flourescent Maintenance Co.]] / [[Vulcan Chemical Co.]] / [[Union Chemical Co.]] (1953)
* [[13th Street North]] intersection
 
* [[13th Street North]] intersects
** former crossing of [[Pratt Coal & Iron Co.]] / [[Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Railroad]] (1887)
** north side:
*** 1300: former location of [[Christian Tabernacle]] (1942)
*** 1318: former location of [[Brocato Gardens]] restaurant ([[Joseph Brocato]] 1958)
** south side:
** 1301–1305: former location of [[Birmingham Iron & Metal Co.]] (1953)
*** 1301: former location of church (1887)
** 1313: [[Alabama Power]] Metro Central customer service center
** 1313: [[Alabama Power]] Metro Central customer service center
** 1318: former location of [[Brocato Gardens]] restaurant ([[Joseph Brocato]] 1958)
 
* [[14th Street North]] intersection
* [[14th Street North]] intersects
** 1431: former location of [[T.J. Burke]] grocer (1887)
*** 1404: former location of [[Robert L. Jackson]] residence (1896–1906), [[Logwood Goin]] residence (1909)
* [[15th Street North]] intersection
*** 1410: former location of [[General Plumbing & Heating Co.]] (1953)
** North side
*** 1414: former location of [[Temple Baptist Church]] (1927), [[Zion Hill Baptist Church]] (1953–1957)
*** 1530: [[16th Street Baptist Church]]
*** 1426b: former location of [[Bob's Barbecue]] (1953)
** South side
*** 1430: [[Jerome Ippolito]] grocery (1953)
*** [[Birmingham Civil Rights Institute]]
** south side ([[Block 42]]):
* [[16th Street North]] intersection
*** 1401: former location of [[O. K. Grocery]] (1953)
** North side
*** 1431: former location of [[T. J. Burke]] grocery (1887–1891), [[Carpri Grocery]] (1953)
*** former site of [[Jockey Boy Restaurant]]
 
*** former site of [[West End Grammar School]]
* [[15th Street North]] intersects
** South side
** north side ([[Block 38]]):
*** 1500–1506: [[St Paul United Methodist Church]] (built 1951), former location of residence (1891)
**** 1500–1502: [[St Paul United Methodist Church]] (built 1896, demolished 1902; built 1904, demolished 1920)
**** 1504: former location of residence (1902–1911)
**** 1506: former location of residence (1902–1911)
*** 1508–1524: parking lot for [[St Paul United Methodist Church]]
**** 1508–1510: former location of duplex residence (1902–1911)
**** 1512–1518: former location of "negro shanties" (1891)
***** 1512–1514: former location of residence (1902), duplex residence (1911)
***** 1516–1518: former location of residence (1902), duplex residence (1911)
**** 1520–1524: former location of residence (1891–1911)
*** 1526: [[16th Street Baptist Church parsonage]] (built 1911), former location of residence (1891–1902)
*** 1528–1530: [[16th Street Baptist Church]] (1882–, present building built 1911)
** south side ([[Block 43]]):
*** 1501–1531: [[Birmingham Civil Rights Institute]] (built 1992)
**** 1501: former location of "ruins of fire" (1891), drug store (1911)
**** 1503: former location of store (1911), [[St Paul Methodist Church]] clinic (1953)
**** 1505: former location of residence (1891–1911)
**** 1507: former location of residence (1911)
**** 1509: former location of residence (1891–1911)
**** 1511: former location of residence (1911)
**** 1515: former location of residence (1911)
**** 1517: former location of residence (1891–1911)
**** 1519: former location of residence (1891–1911)
**** 1521–1531: former location of vacant lot (1951)
***** 1521: former location of residence (1891–1911, demolished before 1951)
***** 1525: former location of store (1911, demolished before 1951)
***** 1527: former location of store (1911, demolished before 1951)
***** 1529: former location of store (1911, demolished before 1951)
***** 1531: former location of grocery (1891), store (1911, demolished before 1951)
 
* [[16th Street North]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 37]]):
*** 1600–1604: former location of two-story commercial building
**** 1600–1602: former location of drug store (1891–1902), [[Night Owl Grill]] (1953), [[Jockey Boy Restaurant]] (1963)
**** 1604: former location of grocery store (1891), ''[[Birmingham Weekly Review]]'' (1953)
*** 1606: former location of residence (1902)
*** 1608: former location of residence (1891–1951)
*** 1610: former location of residence (1891–1951)
*** 1612: former location of residence (1891–1951)
*** 1614–1616: former location of duplex residence (1891–1902), one-story brick meeting hall (built 1947), former location of [[Painters Union Local No. 5]] (1953)
*** 1620: former location of residence (1891–1951)
*** 1624–1630: former location of residence (1891–1902)
**** 1624–1626: former location of [[Wolfe Distributing Co.]] vending machines (1953)
**** 1628–1630: former location of [[Birmingham Leather Co.]] (1953)
** south side ([[Block 44]]):
*** [[Kelly Ingram Park]]
*** [[Kelly Ingram Park]]
* [[17th Street North]] intersection
 
** North side
* [[17th Street North]] intersects
*** [[Alabama Power Building]]
** north side ([[Block 36]]):
*** 1700–1704: former location of [[West End Grammar School]] / [[Henley School]] (built 1883)
*** 1706: former location of [[Young Men's Hebrew Association]] (1920)
*** 1706: former location of [[Young Men's Hebrew Association]] (1920)
** South side
*** 1710: former location of residence (1902)
* [[18th Street North]] intersection
*** 1712: former location of residence (1902)
** North side
*** 1714: former location of residence (1902)
*** [[AT&T City Center]]
*** 1720–1730: [[Alabama Power Building]] (built 1925), former location of residence (1902)
** South side
** south side ([[Block 45]]):
*** [[First United Methodist Church]]
*** 1715: former location of [[Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co.]] district traffic office / [[Western Electric Co.]] area supervisor
* [[19th Street North]] intersection
*** 1723–1725: former location of [[Alabama Motorists Association]] (1953)
** North side ([[Block 34]])
**** 1725: former location of [[Bill Wilson Photo Studio]] (1957)
*** [[Family Reserve Insurance building]] (1946), also known as the Land Title Building. Former site of the [[A. W. Smith residence]]
*** 1727: former location of [[The Alvoy Apartments]]
 
* [[18th Street North]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 35]]):
*** 1800–1830: [[AT&T City Center]]
**** 1800: former location of [[6th Avenue Presbyterian Church]] (1953)
** south side ([[Block 46]]):
*** 1801: former location of [[North Alabama Conference of the Methodist Church]]
*** 1803: former location of [[Jerome Hagan]] manufacturers agent / [[Alabama Motorist's Service Agency]] (1953)
*** 1805: former location of [[Continental Restaurant Supply Co.]] (1953)
*** 1809: former location of [[First United Methodist Church]] Sunday School annex (1953)
*** 1815–1817: [[First United Methodist Church]] (built 1891)
 
* [[19th Street North]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 34]]):
*** 1904–1908: former location of [[Lykes Hotel]] (1953)
*** 1904: former location of [[Estell's Place]]
*** 1904: former location of [[Estell's Place]]
** South side
*** 1914: former location of [[Chamber of Commerce Building]] (1940s–1976)
*** 1916: former location of [[Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service|Birmingham Fire Department]] (rear entrance)
*** 1920: former location of [[City Hall Station]] auto parking (1953)
*** 1924–1930: [[Family Reserve Insurance building]] (built 1946), former location of the [[A. W. Smith residence]]
** south side ([[Block 47]]):
*** 1901: [[Regions-Harbert Plaza]] (former site of [[Masonic Temple Building]] containing [[Loew's Temple Theater]])
*** 1901: [[Regions-Harbert Plaza]] (former site of [[Masonic Temple Building]] containing [[Loew's Temple Theater]])
*** 1919: former location of [[Temple Parking Lot]] (1953)
*** 1931: former location of [[Bond Finance]]
**** [[Golden Rule Bar-B-Q]]
**** [[Golden Rule Bar-B-Q]]
* [[20th Street North]] intersection
 
** North side
* [[20th Street North]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 33]]):
*** 2000–2010: [[Birmingham Board of Education]] parking deck, former location of [[Capitol Park Garage]] (1953)
*** 2012-2014: [[Crow Building]]
*** 2012-2014: [[Crow Building]]
**** 2014: [[Alabama Rivers Alliance]] (2013-)
**** 2014: [[Alabama Rivers Alliance]] (2013-)
*** [[Tutwiler Hotel (1986)]] (formerly the [[Ridgely Apartments]], former site of the [[Enslen Building]])
*** 2022–2024: former location of [[McVoy-Hausman Co.]] manufacturer's agents / [[Cincinnati Milling & Grinding Machines]] (1953)
** South side
*** 2026–2030: [[Hampton Inn - Tutwiler]] (2006), former location of the [[Enslen Building]] (built 1880s, demolished 1910s), [[Birmingham High School]] (1890–1906), [[Park Hotel]] (1906–1912), [[Ridgely Apartments]] (built 1913), [[Hampton Inn - Tutwiler|Tutwiler Hotel]] (1986–2006)
*** 2017: [[Cathedral Church of the Advent]]
**** 2026: former location of [[Allgood Realty Co.]] (1953)
*** 2019: [[Advent Episcopal Day School]]
**** 2028: former location of [[L. J. Clark Realty Co.]] (1953)
* [[Richard Arrington, Jr Boulevard North]] intersection
**** 2030: former location of [[Ridgely Pharmacy]] (1953)
** North side
** south side ([[Block 48]]):
*** [[Energen Plaza]] (former site of [[Essex House]]/Daniel-Branscomb Tower (with the [[Downtown Club]], [[Dale's Cellar]]), proposed site of [[Robert E. Lee Klan]] meeting hall (1924)
*** 2001–2013: [[Cathedral Church of the Advent]] (built 1880s)
*** [[Energen Plaza]] parking deck (former site of the [[T. L. Hudgins residence]])
*** 2015: [[Cathedral Church of the Advent]] Parish House
** South side
*** 2017–2031: [[Cathedral Church of the Advent]] offices
*** 2101: [[Colonial Plaza]], former location of the [[Red Room]] bar (1973)
**** 2019: former location of [[Birmingham Slag Co.]] (1953)
*** 2131: Former location of a residence, used as the first location of the [[University of Alabama Birmingham Extension Center]] (1936-)
**** 2021: former location of [[Joseph Hancock]] & [[Andrew Stabler]] physicians / [[Rock Wool Manufacturing Co.]] / [[James Goetz]] structural engineer / ''[[Alabama News Digest]]'' / [[Shaw & Renneker]] architects (1953)
* [[22nd Street North]] intersection
**** 2031: former location of [[Gilbert McCarter]] service station (1953)
** North side
 
*** [[Park Place (Hope VI project)]] (former site of [[Metropolitan Gardens]])
* [[Richard Arrington Jr Boulevard North]] intersects
** South side
** north side ([[Block 32]]):
*** Parking lot
*** 2100–2130: former proposed site of [[Robert E. Lee Klan]] meeting hall (1924), former location of [[Essex House]] apartments / [[Daniel-Branscomb Tower]], [[Downtown Club]], [[Dale's Cellar]]
**** 2215: former location of [[Perry Carpenter residence]] (-1893)
**** 2100–2108: [[Energen Plaza]] (built 1998)
* [[23rd Street North]] intersection
***** 2108: former location of [[Warner Realty & Insurance Co.]] (1953)
** North side
**** 2110–2130: [[Energen Plaza]] parking deck
*** Park Place (Hope VI project) (former site of Metropolitan Gardens)
***** 2110: former location of [[Park & Lock]] auto parking (1953)
***** 2116: former location of [[Dixie Drive-It-Yourself System]] (1953)
***** 2130: former location of the [[T. L. Hudgins residence]])
** south side ([[Block 49]]):
*** 2101-2109: [[Colonial Plaza]] (built 1982)
**** 2101: former location of the [[Red Room]] bar (1973)
*** 2111-2131: 2-level parking deck
**** 2119: former location pf [[Cobbs, Allen & Hall]] insurance & mortgage (1953–1973)
***** 2119½: former location of [[Aetna]] insurance / [[Marbury-Patillo Construction Co.]]  (1953)
**** 2123–2129: former location of [[Heyward Apartments]] (1953)
**** 2131: Former location of a residence, [[University of Alabama Birmingham Extension Center]] (1936–1953)
 
* [[22nd Street North]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 31]]):
*** [[Park Place (Hope VI project)]] (built 2004), former location of [[Metropolitan Gardens]] (1940–2002)
** south side ([[Block 50]]):
*** 2201–2231: parking lot
**** 2201: former location of [[First Baptist Church of Birmingham]] (1872–1984)
**** 2213: former location of [[Minnie Mowry Recreation Center]], [[The Girls Club Inc.]] kindergarten (1953)
**** 2215: former location of [[Perry Carpenter residence]] (-1893), [[U. S. Post Office]] parcel post annex (1953)
 
* [[23rd Street North]] intersects
** north side ([[Block 30]]):
*** 2300–2330: Park Place (Hope VI project) (built 2004), former location of Metropolitan Gardens (1940–2002)
**** 2308: former location of [[St Paul's Colored Methodist Episcopal Church]] (1891)
**** 2308: former location of [[St Paul's Colored Methodist Episcopal Church]] (1891)
** South side
** south side ([[Block 51]]):
*** [[Powell School]] (former site of the Free School ([[1874]]–[[1886]]))
*** 2301: former location of [[Food Circle]]
* [[24th Street North]] intersection
*** 2305: former location of [[George's Place]] grocery ([[John George]] 1953)
** North side
*** 2323–2331: [[Powell School]] (built 1888), former location of [[Powell School|Free School]] (1874–1886)
*** [[Marconi Park]]
 
** South side
* [[24th Street North]] intersects
*** Park Place (Hope VI project) (former site of Metropolitan Gardens)
** north side ([[Block 29]]):
* [[25th Street North]] intersection
*** [[Marconi Park]], formerly [[Marconi Park|East Park]] or [[Marconi Park|East End Park]], (dedicated 1871)
** North side
** south side ([[Block 52]]):
*** Park Place (Hope VI project) (former site of Metropolitan Gardens)
*** Park Place (Hope VI project) (built 2004), former location of Metropolitan Gardens (1940–2002)
** South side
 
*** Park Place (Hope VI project) (former site of Metropolitan Gardens)
* [[25th Street North]] intersects
** north side:
*** Park Place (Hope VI project) (built 2004), former location of Metropolitan Gardens (1940–2002)
** south side:
*** Park Place (Hope VI project) (built 2004), former location of Metropolitan Gardens (1940–2002)
 
* [[Carraway Boulevard]] intersection (road ends facing [[Interstate 20|I-20]]/[[Interstate 59|59]] off-ramps)
* [[Carraway Boulevard]] intersection (road ends facing [[Interstate 20|I-20]]/[[Interstate 59|59]] off-ramps)
 
** 2608: former location of [[Young Lunch Stand]] (1953)
** 6018: former location of [[Piney Grove Baptist Church]] (1927)
** 8129: former location of [[Lake Highland Baptist Church]] (1954)
** 8300: former location of [[Lake Highland Methodist Church]] (1946, 1971)


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Latest revision as of 14:25, 30 April 2024

Sixth Avenue North is an east-west street running through downtown Birmingham. The westernmost section by that name ends at Center Street, although the road continues further west as 6th Avenue West. The main section ends at Carraway Boulevard in the east, although additional segments can be found further east, particularly in East Lake.

Between 9th Street North and Carraway Boulevard, 6th Avenue is one way westbound and three lanes wide. At the east end, off-ramps from Interstate 20/59, both east- and westbound exit in line with 6th Avenue. An Interstate 65 south off-ramp ends at 6th Avenue feeding into 10th Avenue North while an I-65 north on-ramp splits from 11th Avenue North just north of 6th Avenue.

History

Electric lights were installed on 6th Avenue North from 17th to 25th Street in 1945 under the city's contract with the Birmingham Electric Company.

6th Avenue North was converted from two-way to one-way (westbound) traffic was from Red Mountain Expressway to 9th Street North in 1973 by the Alabama Department of Transportation's TOPICS (Traffic Operations Program to Increase Capacity and Safety) program.

Notable locations

For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 6th Avenue North category.
  • 15th Street North intersects
    • north side (Block 38):
      • 1500–1506: St Paul United Methodist Church (built 1951), former location of residence (1891)
        • 1500–1502: St Paul United Methodist Church (built 1896, demolished 1902; built 1904, demolished 1920)
        • 1504: former location of residence (1902–1911)
        • 1506: former location of residence (1902–1911)
      • 1508–1524: parking lot for St Paul United Methodist Church
        • 1508–1510: former location of duplex residence (1902–1911)
        • 1512–1518: former location of "negro shanties" (1891)
          • 1512–1514: former location of residence (1902), duplex residence (1911)
          • 1516–1518: former location of residence (1902), duplex residence (1911)
        • 1520–1524: former location of residence (1891–1911)
      • 1526: 16th Street Baptist Church parsonage (built 1911), former location of residence (1891–1902)
      • 1528–1530: 16th Street Baptist Church (1882–, present building built 1911)
    • south side (Block 43):
      • 1501–1531: Birmingham Civil Rights Institute (built 1992)
        • 1501: former location of "ruins of fire" (1891), drug store (1911)
        • 1503: former location of store (1911), St Paul Methodist Church clinic (1953)
        • 1505: former location of residence (1891–1911)
        • 1507: former location of residence (1911)
        • 1509: former location of residence (1891–1911)
        • 1511: former location of residence (1911)
        • 1515: former location of residence (1911)
        • 1517: former location of residence (1891–1911)
        • 1519: former location of residence (1891–1911)
        • 1521–1531: former location of vacant lot (1951)
          • 1521: former location of residence (1891–1911, demolished before 1951)
          • 1525: former location of store (1911, demolished before 1951)
          • 1527: former location of store (1911, demolished before 1951)
          • 1529: former location of store (1911, demolished before 1951)
          • 1531: former location of grocery (1891), store (1911, demolished before 1951)
  • 16th Street North intersects
    • north side (Block 37):
      • 1600–1604: former location of two-story commercial building
      • 1606: former location of residence (1902)
      • 1608: former location of residence (1891–1951)
      • 1610: former location of residence (1891–1951)
      • 1612: former location of residence (1891–1951)
      • 1614–1616: former location of duplex residence (1891–1902), one-story brick meeting hall (built 1947), former location of Painters Union Local No. 5 (1953)
      • 1620: former location of residence (1891–1951)
      • 1624–1630: former location of residence (1891–1902)
    • south side (Block 44):
  • 25th Street North intersects
    • north side:
      • Park Place (Hope VI project) (built 2004), former location of Metropolitan Gardens (1940–2002)
    • south side:
      • Park Place (Hope VI project) (built 2004), former location of Metropolitan Gardens (1940–2002)
To north:
I-20/59 		Interstate 65 southbound exits
6th Avenue North 		To south:
4th Avenue South
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