12th Street Southwest
12th Street Southwest is a north-south street running through parts of Birmingham's Five Points West,West End, Titusville and Southwest communities.
In Bush Hills, north of 3rd Avenue West, the street is also called 12th Street West. In Rising-West Princeton the street continues alongside Rickwood Field and over the Seaboard Coast Line Railroad tracks.
It crosses southward from Valley Creek near Lomb Avenue and continues south through Arlington-West End, past Woodward Park, and stops short of the Norfolk-Southern Railroad tracks which form the northern edge of Elmwood Cemetery.
The street resumes at Mims Avenue Southwest in Woodland Park, and runs into the Mason City neighborhood, where it has also been called Spaulding Avenue, and separates Shadow Lawn Cemetery from Grace Hill Cemetery
At its southern end, 12th Avenue Southwest bends toward the intersection of Northland Avenue Southwest and continues south as 12th Place Southwest.
Notable locations
- For an alphabetical list of locations, see the 12th Street Southwest category.
Bush Hills
- street begins at 8th Avenue West
- 7th Avenue West intersects (east only):
- Graymont Avenue intersects:
- 5th Avenue West intersects:
- 4th Terrace West intersects:
- 4th Court West intersects:
- 4th Avenue West intersects:
Rising-West Princeton
- 3rd Avenue West intersects:
- 2nd Court West intersects:
- 2nd Avenue West intersects:
- east side:
- Rickwood Field (built 1910)
- east side:
- 1st Court West intersects (west only):
- 1st Avenue West intersects (west only):
- street crosses over Valley Creek
Arlington-West End
- Lomb Avenue Southwest intersects
- 100 (1133 Lomb Avenue): Gibson Discount Pharmacy, former location of Government Employees Store (G*E*S, 1962-1973), Miller's Supermarket (1973-1976)
- Monroe Avenue Southwest intersects (west only):
- Woodland Avenue Southwest intersects:
- Alabama Avenue Southwest intersects:
- 404: Shepherd's Fold Inc.
- Fulton Avenue Southwest intersects:
- Princeton Avenue Southwest intersects:
- west side:
- 600: vacant lot
- 606: vacant lot
- 614: vacant lot
- 616: vacant lot
- 620: residence
- 624 (1200 Tuscaloosa Avenue): 1200 Tuscaloosa Avenue / Offenders Alumni Association (2025–), former location of Louise Hawkins residence (1934–1936), 1st National Bank of Birmingham West End Branch (1968–1983), AmSouth Bank West End Branch (1983–2006), JCCEO Community Services, Birmingham Office of Peace & Policy (August 1, 2017-)
- east side
- 617: one-story commercial building
- 627 (1136 Tuscaloosa Avenue): Cadillac Service
- west side:
- Tuscaloosa Avenue intersects:
- west side:
- 700–710: parking lot
- 700: former location of West End Baptist Church (1885-), Lil Joe's In & Out convenience store / Wendell's Barber Shop (2009–2011)
- 710 (1209 Tuscaloosa Avenue): former location of 2-story apartment building (2009–2011)
- 714–730: Hemphill Elementary School (built 1902 at West End School)
- 700–710: parking lot
- east side:
- 701 (1133 Tuscaloosa Avenue): Mount Calvary Baptist Church (West End)
- 711: Mount Calvary Worship Center
- 721 (1136 Cotton Avenue): Growing Berries On The Vine Christian Day Care
- west side:
- Cotton Avenue Southwest intersects:
- west side:
- 800–812: parking lot
- west side:
- Steiner Avenue Southwest intersects:
- west side:
- 834: West End Urban Garden (established 2008)
- 840 (1200 McMillon Avenue): 2-story apartment building
- west side:
- McMillon Avenue Southwest intersects:
- west side:
- 900–920 (1215 McMillon Avenue Southwest): Woodward Park / Camp Fire West Day Camp
- street ends
Woodland Park
- street resumes at Mims Avenue Southwest:
Mason City
- Palmer Avenue intersects (west only):
- street crosses over Naber's Branch
- west side:
- 1600: Shadow Lawn Cemetery
- 1630: former location of Spaulding Elementary School
- east side:
- 1601: Grace Hill Cemetery
- west side:
- street crosses CSX Transportation tracks
- 1745 (1745 12th Place Southwest): New Grace Missionary Baptist Church
- street ends at Northland Avenue Southwest
- route continues south as 12th Place Southwest
External links
12th Street Southwest on Google Maps