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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI02_independent-presbyterian-church_Birmingham-AL.html
The church was founded when the Rev. Henry M. Edmonds and many members of a Southern Presbyterian congregation withdrew from the local Presbytery. During the first seven years it met in Temple Emanu-El synagogue and held evening services in the Ly…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI00_dr-ruth-j-jackson_Birmingham-AL.html
Dedicated toDr. Ruth J. Jackson1898-1982This woman of strength and vision graduated from the Poro School of Cosmetology, the first black registered school in the State of Alabama. At the vanguard of the Civil Rights Movement, she was unwavering in…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHY2_concord-center_Birmingham-AL.html
To Be Opened March 1, 2022 Dedicated at the construction completion March 1, 2002Project TeamOwners - BLH Group, LLC Brookmont Investors II, LLC Spire Holdings, LLCDeveloper - Brookmont Realty Group, LLCGeneral Contractor - B.L. Harbert Internati…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHXJ_the-rainbow-viaduct_Birmingham-AL.html
On May 10, 1919, soon after its completion, this 21st Street Viaduct was named the Rainbow Viaduct in tribute to Alabama's famous 167th Infantry of the Rainbow Division, renowned for Bravery and Honor. The 167th was the Nation's only regiment in W…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHXI_smithfield_Birmingham-AL.html
Marker Front:This residential area was carved from the Joseph Riley Smith plantation, a 600 acre antebellum farm, one of the largest in 19th century Jefferson County. Smithfield lies to the west of Birmingham's city center on the flat land & hills…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHXE_hallman-hill_Birmingham-AL.html
In the early 1900's, among the many craftsmen who migrated south to build the booming industrial cities was Swedish brick mason A. G. Hallman. Hallman moved from the Lake Michigan area and purchased an acre of farmland along the north side of Oxmo…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHXD_4th-avenue-district_Birmingham-AL.html
The Fourth Avenue "Strip" thrived during a time when downtown privileges for blacks were limited. Although blacks could shop at some white-owned stores, they did not share the same privileges and services as white customers, so they created tailor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHXB_forest-park_Birmingham-AL.html
A residential district extending from the crest of Red Mountain to the floor of Jones Valley with roads built along natural land contours. Birmingham real estate promoter and civic leader, Robert Jemison, Jr., began development as Mountain Terrace…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHWU_five-points-south_Birmingham-AL.html
This neighborhoods developed in the 1880s as one of Birmingham's first streetcar suburbs. It was the Town of Highlands from 1887 to 1893, when it became part of the City of Birmingham. The heart of the neighborhood was Five Points Circle, a major …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMHWE_edgewood_Birmingham-AL.html
Nathan Byars, II settled here in 1836, followed by William D. Satterwhite in 1853, and Phillip Thomas Griffin and his wife Mary Ann Byars Griffin in 1854. These early settlers cleared land, built homes and farmed in what was a vast wooded wilderne…