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[[File:1927 19th Street Ensley.jpg|right|thumb|450px|19th Street looking south from Avenue F in 1927]] | |||
'''19th Street Ensley''' is a street in the [[Ensley]] business district. It begins at [[Avenue B Ensley|Avenue B]] just southeast of [[U. S. Steel]]'s former [[Ensley Works]] and proceeds southeast to [[Avenue I Ensley|Avenue I]], then bends to the east and continues to [[Avenue W Ensley|Avenue W]] just west of [[I-20]]/[[I-59|59]]. The street continues toward downtown [[Birmingham]] via [[Bush Hills]] as [[Bush Boulevard]]/[[8th Avenue North]]. | '''19th Street Ensley''' is a street in the [[Ensley]] business district. It begins at [[Avenue B Ensley|Avenue B]] just southeast of [[U. S. Steel]]'s former [[Ensley Works]] and proceeds southeast to [[Avenue I Ensley|Avenue I]], then bends to the east and continues to [[Avenue W Ensley|Avenue W]] just west of [[I-20]]/[[I-59|59]]. The street continues toward downtown [[Birmingham]] via [[Bush Hills]] as [[Bush Boulevard]]/[[8th Avenue North]]. | ||
==Notable addresses== | ==Notable addresses== | ||
* 308: [[Wallace Lounge]] | * former location of [[TCI Commissary (Ensley)]]. | ||
* 400: [[Cotton's]] department store (1922-2012) | * 101: former location of [[Plant Cafe]] ([[Pete Harduval]] 1960) | ||
* | * 103: former location of [[Harduvel Bros.]] restaurant (1910) | ||
* 410: [[Busch's]] jewelers | * 108: former location of [[Riverside Cafe]] (1910) | ||
* 413: [[Gilmer Drugs]] | * former location of [[Ensley Land Co.]] (1903) | ||
* | |||
* [[Bank of Ensley]] | * [[Avenue C Ensley]] intersects | ||
* [[Avenue E Ensley]] | ** northwest side | ||
* 508: [[Ensley Hotel]] ( | *** 300: former location of the [[New York Store]] clothiers (1903) | ||
* 514: [[Outlet]] discount store | *** 302: former location of [[H. Kanjutzky]] dry goods (1903) | ||
* 519: [[Styles of Today]] | *** 304: former location of [[Cadenhead & Tyler]] pawn shop (1903), [[Ensley Furniture and Printing Co.]] (1934) | ||
* 608: [[Jaynee's Fashions]] | **** 304½: former location of Mrs [[H. G. Williamson]] dressmaker (1903) | ||
* | *** 306: former location of [[Goldstein & Berkowitz]] dry goods (1903) | ||
* 616: [[Birmingham Police Department]] [[Birmingham Police Department West Precinct|West Precinct]] | *** 308: [[Wallace Lounge]] | ||
* [[ | *** 324: former location of [[New Orleans Cafe]] (1938-1939) | ||
* 702: [[Ideal Furniture]] | ** southeast side: | ||
* 721: [[J & D Barber Shop]] | *** 301: former location of [[C. S. Williams]] pawn shop (1903) | ||
* 1523: [[Carter's Barber Shop]] | *** 303: former location of [[Hustler Grocery Co.]] (1903) | ||
* 1915: [[Holy Family Community Hospital]] (1946–) | *** 305: former location of [[Ensley Furniture Co.]] / [[Will Black's]] barber shop (1903) | ||
* 2001: [[Holy Family Cristo Rey High School]] (1943–) | *** 307: former location of the [[Boston Clothing Store]] (1903) | ||
*** 315: former location of [[John Checkas]] fruit stand (1903) | |||
*** 321: [[Bethesda Wellness Center]] (2020) | |||
* [[Avenue D Ensley]] intersects | |||
** northwest side: | |||
*** 400: [[Cotton's]] department store (1922-2012), former location of [[The Bee Hive]] dry goods & shoes (1903) | |||
*** 402: former location of [[D. B. Bird]] grocery (1903) | |||
*** 404: former location of [[John M. Martin]] druggist / Mrs Langford dressmaker (1903), [[Goldstein & Cohen]] dry goods & shoes (1917) | |||
**** 404: former location of [[Ensley Odd Fellows' Hall]] (1903) | |||
*** 406: former location of [[Ensley Bakery]] (1903) | |||
*** 408: former location of [[The Model Market]] / [[J. H. Eubanks & Co.]] grocery & dairy / [[Fred Kastorff]] bicycle shop (1903) | |||
*** 410: [[Busch's]] jewelers, former location of [[Byrum & Butcher]] hardware (1903) | |||
*** 412: former location of [[J. S. Hall & Co.]] dry goods & shoes (1903) | |||
*** 414: [[Ensley Grill]] (1930–), former location of Mrs [[M. L. Martin]] millinery (1903) | |||
*** 416: former location of [[Tony Frank]] fruit stand (1903) | |||
*** 418: former location of [[J. S. Knight]] insurance / [[E. J. Hudnall]] real estate / [[W. W. Ellis]] jeweler (1903), [[White Palace Barber Shop]] (1917), [[Gilmer Drug Co.]] | |||
** southeast side: | |||
*** 401: vacant, former location of [[Nolan's Hall]] / [[Vann Bros.]] furniture (1903) | |||
*** 403: vacant | |||
*** 405: vacant, former offices of [[Martin Weinberg]] | |||
*** 409: vacant, former location of [[McCrory's]] department store (1962–), [[Project Safe]] ([[Birmingham Police Department]] Domestic Violence Unit | |||
*** 413: [[Gilmer Drugs]] | |||
*** 415: former location of [[Ensley Co.]] (1903) | |||
*** 421: former location of [[Lyons & Co.]] pool hall (1903) | |||
*** 425: [[Monumental Contracting Services]], formerly [[Bank of Ensley]] (1917–1929) | |||
* [[Avenue E Ensley]] intersects: | |||
** former location of [[Fossett's Cafe]] (1903) | |||
** 506: [[Ellis Flower Shop]] (1934) | |||
** 508: proposed site for [[New Ramsay-McCormack building]] (2024), former location of [[Ensley Hotel]] (1887–1910s), [[Berney's Drug Store]], [[Ramsay-McCormack Building]] (built 1929, demolished 2021) | |||
** 511: former location of [[Joe Steed's Theatres]] (1927) | |||
** 514: [[Outlet]] discount store | |||
** 519: [[Styles of Today]] | |||
** 526: former location of Mrs [[E. W. Johnson]] dressmaker (1903) | |||
** 528: former location of [[M. L. Daniel]] grocery (1903) | |||
* [[Avenue F Ensley]] intersects: | |||
** former location of [[Berney's Drug Store]] (1898–1959) | |||
** former location of [[Alex Claiborne]] blacksmith shop (1903) | |||
** northwest side: | |||
*** 602: [[The Greenhouse]] event venue, former location of [[Belle Theatre]] (early 1900s) | |||
*** 604: 1-story commercial building | |||
**** 604A: former location of [[Classic Tax Service]] | |||
**** 604B: [[Kuumba Community Arts Center]] | |||
*** 606: [[Robbins Nursing Uniform Supply Store]], former location of [[Vivian's Flowers]] ([[Vivian Sanford|Vivian]] &[[Woodie Sanford]] 1968–1975), [[Genesis Hair Salon]] | |||
*** 608: [[Jaynee's Services]] tax preparation / notary, former location of [[Jaynee's Fashions]], [[April's Cuts & Beyond]] | |||
*** 610: [[Amie's African Hair Braiding]] | |||
*** 616: [[Ensley Cinema House]] (2016–), former location of [[Birmingham Police Department]] [[1967 Birmingham Police Department West Precinct|West Precinct]] (1967-2015) | |||
** southwest side: | |||
*** 601–609: vacant lot, former location of [[Braswell Furniture Co.]] (1907–1982) | |||
**** 601–603: demolished between 2011 & 2015 | |||
**** 605–609: demolished between 2019 & 2021 | |||
*** 611: 2-story brick commercial building (built [[1911]]), [[Mighty Muscle Facilities Management]] / [[Ensley Jazz House]] / [[Scarbrough Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise]] ([[Kathy Scarbrough]] 2022–), former location of [[Birmingham Railway Light & Electric Company]] substation, [[A. G. Callins & Associates]] (2018) | |||
*** 615: [[A & B Palace]] (2011–) | |||
*** 619: [[Jimmy Jays Delicious Barbecue]] (2015–), former location of [[A Lil of Everything and Then Some]] boutique (2011) | |||
* [[Avenue G Ensley]] intersects: | |||
** 702: [[Ideal Furniture]] | |||
** 713: former location of [[F. M. Slye]] contractor (1903) | |||
** 717: former location of [[Ensley Cleaning Works]] (1917) | |||
** 721: [[J & D Barber Shop]] | |||
** 723-725: former location of [[Dabney Galusha Post 3407]], [[Veterans of Foreign Wars]] (1953-1961) | |||
* [[Avenue H Ensley]] intersects: | |||
** 815: [[Q's Bar & Grill]] | |||
** 827; [[Eastside Funeral Home]] Ensley branch, former location of [[Parker Funeral Home]] | |||
* [[Avenue I Ensley]] intersects | |||
** 900: former location of [[Bondi & Lovoi]] restaurant (1928), [[Friendly Tavern]] ([[Don Snyder]] 1959) | |||
** 910: [[Mama Esha Kitchen]] ([[Ayesha Rashid]] 2019–) | |||
* [[Avenue J Ensley]] intersects (south only): | |||
** 1412: [[Shee Bar]] hair extensions | |||
** 1420–1430: [[The Hamilton Apartments]] | |||
* [[Avenue O Ensley]] intersects: | |||
** 1500–1530: [[First Baptist Church of Ensley]] | |||
*** 1504: former location of [[Cotton's Confectionary]] ([[John Cotton]] 1942) | |||
** 1501–1515: service station | |||
*** 1501: [[19th Street Grill]] | |||
** 1517: former location of [[Clifton Lattimore]], physician | |||
** 1523: [[Carter's Barber Shop]] | |||
** 1525–1529: former location of [[Quality Cleaners]] | |||
* [[Avenue P Ensley]] intersects: | |||
** 1600–1616: [[Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses]] | |||
** 1601–1603: 2-story commercial building | |||
*** 1601: vacant | |||
*** 1603: [[Superior Style Shop]] (2014–) | |||
** 1613: apartment building (damaged by fire in April 2020) | |||
** 1621: [[New Testament House of Refuge]] | |||
** 1915: [[Holy Family Community Hospital]] (1946–) | |||
** 2001: [[Holy Family Cristo Rey High School]] (1943–) | |||
* [[Avenue V Ensley]]: [[Exxon]] | * [[Avenue V Ensley]]: [[Exxon]] | ||
* continues as [[Bush Boulevard]] | * continues as [[Bush Boulevard]] |
Latest revision as of 08:57, 27 April 2023
19th Street Ensley is a street in the Ensley business district. It begins at Avenue B just southeast of U. S. Steel's former Ensley Works and proceeds southeast to Avenue I, then bends to the east and continues to Avenue W just west of I-20/59. The street continues toward downtown Birmingham via Bush Hills as Bush Boulevard/8th Avenue North.
Notable addresses
- former location of TCI Commissary (Ensley).
- 101: former location of Plant Cafe (Pete Harduval 1960)
- 103: former location of Harduvel Bros. restaurant (1910)
- 108: former location of Riverside Cafe (1910)
- former location of Ensley Land Co. (1903)
- Avenue C Ensley intersects
- northwest side
- 300: former location of the New York Store clothiers (1903)
- 302: former location of H. Kanjutzky dry goods (1903)
- 304: former location of Cadenhead & Tyler pawn shop (1903), Ensley Furniture and Printing Co. (1934)
- 304½: former location of Mrs H. G. Williamson dressmaker (1903)
- 306: former location of Goldstein & Berkowitz dry goods (1903)
- 308: Wallace Lounge
- 324: former location of New Orleans Cafe (1938-1939)
- southeast side:
- 301: former location of C. S. Williams pawn shop (1903)
- 303: former location of Hustler Grocery Co. (1903)
- 305: former location of Ensley Furniture Co. / Will Black's barber shop (1903)
- 307: former location of the Boston Clothing Store (1903)
- 315: former location of John Checkas fruit stand (1903)
- 321: Bethesda Wellness Center (2020)
- northwest side
- Avenue D Ensley intersects
- northwest side:
- 400: Cotton's department store (1922-2012), former location of The Bee Hive dry goods & shoes (1903)
- 402: former location of D. B. Bird grocery (1903)
- 404: former location of John M. Martin druggist / Mrs Langford dressmaker (1903), Goldstein & Cohen dry goods & shoes (1917)
- 404: former location of Ensley Odd Fellows' Hall (1903)
- 406: former location of Ensley Bakery (1903)
- 408: former location of The Model Market / J. H. Eubanks & Co. grocery & dairy / Fred Kastorff bicycle shop (1903)
- 410: Busch's jewelers, former location of Byrum & Butcher hardware (1903)
- 412: former location of J. S. Hall & Co. dry goods & shoes (1903)
- 414: Ensley Grill (1930–), former location of Mrs M. L. Martin millinery (1903)
- 416: former location of Tony Frank fruit stand (1903)
- 418: former location of J. S. Knight insurance / E. J. Hudnall real estate / W. W. Ellis jeweler (1903), White Palace Barber Shop (1917), Gilmer Drug Co.
- southeast side:
- 401: vacant, former location of Nolan's Hall / Vann Bros. furniture (1903)
- 403: vacant
- 405: vacant, former offices of Martin Weinberg
- 409: vacant, former location of McCrory's department store (1962–), Project Safe (Birmingham Police Department Domestic Violence Unit
- 413: Gilmer Drugs
- 415: former location of Ensley Co. (1903)
- 421: former location of Lyons & Co. pool hall (1903)
- 425: Monumental Contracting Services, formerly Bank of Ensley (1917–1929)
- northwest side:
- Avenue E Ensley intersects:
- former location of Fossett's Cafe (1903)
- 506: Ellis Flower Shop (1934)
- 508: proposed site for New Ramsay-McCormack building (2024), former location of Ensley Hotel (1887–1910s), Berney's Drug Store, Ramsay-McCormack Building (built 1929, demolished 2021)
- 511: former location of Joe Steed's Theatres (1927)
- 514: Outlet discount store
- 519: Styles of Today
- 526: former location of Mrs E. W. Johnson dressmaker (1903)
- 528: former location of M. L. Daniel grocery (1903)
- Avenue F Ensley intersects:
- former location of Berney's Drug Store (1898–1959)
- former location of Alex Claiborne blacksmith shop (1903)
- northwest side:
- 602: The Greenhouse event venue, former location of Belle Theatre (early 1900s)
- 604: 1-story commercial building
- 604A: former location of Classic Tax Service
- 604B: Kuumba Community Arts Center
- 606: Robbins Nursing Uniform Supply Store, former location of Vivian's Flowers (Vivian &Woodie Sanford 1968–1975), Genesis Hair Salon
- 608: Jaynee's Services tax preparation / notary, former location of Jaynee's Fashions, April's Cuts & Beyond
- 610: Amie's African Hair Braiding
- 616: Ensley Cinema House (2016–), former location of Birmingham Police Department West Precinct (1967-2015)
- southwest side:
- 601–609: vacant lot, former location of Braswell Furniture Co. (1907–1982)
- 601–603: demolished between 2011 & 2015
- 605–609: demolished between 2019 & 2021
- 611: 2-story brick commercial building (built 1911), Mighty Muscle Facilities Management / Ensley Jazz House / Scarbrough Center for Entrepreneurship and Free Enterprise (Kathy Scarbrough 2022–), former location of Birmingham Railway Light & Electric Company substation, A. G. Callins & Associates (2018)
- 615: A & B Palace (2011–)
- 619: Jimmy Jays Delicious Barbecue (2015–), former location of A Lil of Everything and Then Some boutique (2011)
- 601–609: vacant lot, former location of Braswell Furniture Co. (1907–1982)
- Avenue G Ensley intersects:
- 702: Ideal Furniture
- 713: former location of F. M. Slye contractor (1903)
- 717: former location of Ensley Cleaning Works (1917)
- 721: J & D Barber Shop
- 723-725: former location of Dabney Galusha Post 3407, Veterans of Foreign Wars (1953-1961)
- Avenue H Ensley intersects:
- 815: Q's Bar & Grill
- 827; Eastside Funeral Home Ensley branch, former location of Parker Funeral Home
- Avenue I Ensley intersects
- 900: former location of Bondi & Lovoi restaurant (1928), Friendly Tavern (Don Snyder 1959)
- 910: Mama Esha Kitchen (Ayesha Rashid 2019–)
- Avenue J Ensley intersects (south only):
- 1412: Shee Bar hair extensions
- 1420–1430: The Hamilton Apartments
- Avenue O Ensley intersects:
- 1500–1530: First Baptist Church of Ensley
- 1504: former location of Cotton's Confectionary (John Cotton 1942)
- 1501–1515: service station
- 1501: 19th Street Grill
- 1517: former location of Clifton Lattimore, physician
- 1523: Carter's Barber Shop
- 1525–1529: former location of Quality Cleaners
- 1500–1530: First Baptist Church of Ensley
- Avenue P Ensley intersects:
- 1600–1616: Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses
- 1601–1603: 2-story commercial building
- 1601: vacant
- 1603: Superior Style Shop (2014–)
- 1613: apartment building (damaged by fire in April 2020)
- 1621: New Testament House of Refuge
- 1915: Holy Family Community Hospital (1946–)
- 2001: Holy Family Cristo Rey High School (1943–)
- Avenue V Ensley: Exxon
- continues as Bush Boulevard