National Register of Historic Places - Alabama (AL), Jefferson County

Jefferson County Alabama (Vacant / Not In Use) has 27 places on the National Register of Historic Places including 2 places of National significance and 5 places of Statewide significance. Significant places include Bethel Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Guardhouse, Sloss Blast Furnace Site, Blessed Sacrament Academy, Crittenden Building and Fox Building.

Several famous people are associated with these Jefferson County historic places including Fox,John,et. al., Steiner,Burghard,et. al., Dr. Glover Patrick Parham and William Reed.

Some of the country's most noteable architects helped create the Jefferson County places including James W. Sloss, Harry Wheelock, A.O. vonHerbulis, Thompson & Smulski Taylor, Days & Sachs, Edward F. Sibbert, D.O. Whilldin, Knight and Davis Warren, D. O. Whilldin and Windham Bros.. Prominent architectural styles found in Jefferson Country are Art Deco, Classical Revival and Mission/Spanish Revival.

Bethel Baptist Church, Parsonage, and Guardhouse (added 2005 - - #05000455)

3233, 3232, and 3236 29th Avenue North , Collegeville

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Historic Significance:

Event

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Church Related Residence, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Blessed Sacrament Academy (added 1980 - - #80000689)

Also known as Blessed Sacrament School

1525 Cotton Ave., SW , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

vonHerbulis, A.O.

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Education, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Crittenden Building (added 1981 - - #81000126)

Also known as Burger Phillips Building

1914 3rd Ave. N , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Taylor,Thompson & Smulski, Wheelock,Harry

Architectural Style:

Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Specialty Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta--Birmingham Branch (added 2003 - - #03000230)

1801 Fifth Ave. N , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Warren, Knight & Davis, Krebs, A.J.

Architectural Style:

Colonial Revival, Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Government

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution, Government Office

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use, Work In Progress

Fire Station No. 16 (added 1990 - - #90001560)

1621 Ave. G , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Government

Historic Sub-function:

Fire Station, Government Office

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Five Mile Creek Bridge (added 1973 - - #73000350)

1 mi. NE of McCalla off U.S. 11 , McCalla

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Alabama Road Commission

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

State

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Road-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Fox Building (added 1980 - - #80000694)

19th St. and 4th Ave. , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Other

Historic Person:

Fox,John,et. al.

Significant Year:

1895

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education

Historic Sub-function:

College, Department Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Grand Hotel (added 1985 - - #85003545)

Also known as Plaza Hotel

200 Nineteenth St. N. , Bessemer

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Torgerson,G.M.

Architectural Style:

Italianate

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Hotel

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Ideal Department Store Building (added 1985 - - #85000918)

Also known as Model Sales Building

111 19th St., N , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Whilldin,D.O.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Kress, S. H., and Company Building (added 1982 - - #82002042)

3rd Ave. and 19th St. , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Days & Sachs, Sibbert,Edward F.

Architectural Style:

Modern Movement

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Specialty Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Loveman, Joseph, & Loeb Department Store (added 1983 - - #83002971)

Also known as Loveman's Department Store

214-224 19th St., N , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Miller,Martin & Leaks Associate, Lehman,William E.

Architectural Style:

Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Department Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Manchester Terrace (added 1989 - - #89000163)

720--728 S. 29th St. , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Maloney Construction Co.

Architectural Style:

Tudor Revival, Mission/Spanish Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Parham Apothecary Building (added 1996 - - #96000595)

401 60th St. , Fairfield

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Historic Significance:

Person, Event

Historic Person:

Parham,Dr. Glover Patrick

Significant Year:

1947

Area of Significance:

Commerce, Health/Medicine, Black, Social History

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Education, Government, Health Care

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Library, Medical Business/Office, Post Office, Restaurant

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Pratt School (added 1994 - - #93001591)

306 Ave. U , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Warren, Knight and Davis, Whilldin, D. O.

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Education, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Education

Historic Sub-function:

School

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Ramsay-McCormack Building (added 2009 - - #08001273)

Also known as United Security Life Insurance Co. Building

1823-1825 Avenue E , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Burnham, Brooke B.

Architectural Style:

Art Deco

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Business

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Reed, William, House (added 1987 - - #87001778)

Also known as Reed--Riddle--Jemison House;Spring Lake Farm

888 Twin Lake Dr. , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Event, Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Reed,William

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Historic Person:

Reed,William

Significant Year:

1820, 1816

Area of Significance:

Exploration/Settlement, Architecture, Social History, Agriculture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924, 1875-1899, 1850-1874, 1825-1849, 1800-1824

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Secondary Structure, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Sloss Blast Furnace Site (added 1972 - - #72000162)

Also known as Sloss Blast Furnaces

1st Ave. at 32nd St. , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Et al., Sloss,James W.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Engineering, Industry

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Local

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Smithfield Historic District (Boundary Increase) (added 1998 - - #98001022)

Roughly along 4th Court and Center St. , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Rayfield, WIlliam

Architectural Style:

Other, Bungalow/Craftsman

Area of Significance:

Black, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

South Highlands of East Lake Historic District (added 2003 - - #03001136)

Roughly bounded by 8th Ave., 85th St., 5th Ave., and 78th St. , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Bungalow/Craftsman, Tudor Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Multiple Dwelling, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Southern Railroad Depot (added 1983 - - #83002975)

933 Thornton Ave., NE , Leeds

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Georgia Pacific Railroad Company

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Transportation, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Transportation

Historic Sub-function:

Rail-Related

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Steiner Bank Building (added 1974 - - #74000414)

2101 lst Ave. N , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Person, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Unknown

Architectural Style:

Romanesque

Historic Person:

Steiner,Burghard,et. al.

Significant Year:

1890

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1875-1899

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Tarrant City Downtown Historic District (added 2010 - - #09000105)

Parts of E. Lake Blvd., Ford Ave., Jackson Blvd., Pinson St., Wharton Ave. , Tarrant

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering, Event

Architectural Style:

Mission/Spanish Revival, Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Architecture, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Local, Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Education, Government, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Financial Institution, Library, Meeting Hall, Post Office, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Commerce/Trade, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Business, Professional, Restaurant, Specialty Store

Thomas By--Product Coke Works Historic District (added 1995 - - #95001060)

Also known as Republic Steel Corporation's Thomas Works

Roughly bounded by RR Tracks and the sand and gravel quarry , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Area of Significance:

Industry, Engineering

Period of Significance:

1925-1949, 1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Industry/Processing/Extraction

Historic Sub-function:

Manufacturing Facility

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

West End Masonic Temple (added 1987 - - #87001417)

1346 Tuscaloosa Ave. , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Event, Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Whilldin,David Oliver

Architectural Style:

Classical Revival

Area of Significance:

Social History, Architecture

Period of Significance:

1925-1949

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Social

Historic Sub-function:

Meeting Hall, Professional, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Social, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Specialty Store

Whilldin Building (added 1982 - - #82002044)

513--517 21st St., N , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architect, builder, or engineer:

Whilldin,D.O.

Architectural Style:

No Style Listed

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade

Historic Sub-function:

Professional

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Windham Construction Office Building (added 1984 - - #84000638)

528 8th Ave., N , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Event

Area of Significance:

Black, Commerce

Period of Significance:

1900-1924

Owner:

Private

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic

Historic Sub-function:

Business, Single Dwelling

Current Function:

Vacant/Not In Use

Woodlawn Historic District (added 2003 - - #03001129)

Roughly bounded by 1st Ave. N, 47th St. N, 61st St.N, and I-20/59 , Birmingham

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Historic Significance:

Architecture/Engineering

Architectural Style:

Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Queen Anne

Area of Significance:

Architecture

Period of Significance:

1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924, 1875-1899

Owner:

Private, Local

Historic Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Funerary, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion

Historic Sub-function:

Cemetery, City Hall, Energy Facility, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store

Current Function:

Commerce/Trade, Domestic, Education, Government, Industry/Processing/Extraction, Religion, Vacant/Not In Use

Current Sub-function:

Energy Facility, Fire Station, Multiple Dwelling, Religious Structure, School, Single Dwelling, Specialty Store