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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2S_south_Birmingham-AL.html
At the turn of the last century, Birmingham residents seeking home ownership and escape from the smoke, congestion, and unhealthy living conditions of an industrial city, began moving south. New streetcar lines encouraged the move "over the mounta…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2M_the-lone-pine-mine_Birmingham-AL.html
You are standing in front of the entrance to Lone Pine Mine Number 3. This mine is one of over one hundred ore mine on Red Mountain that were active between 1860 and 1960.
In the early twentieth century, iron ore was extracted from this mine a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2L_industry_Birmingham-AL.html
Heavy industry, the reason for Birmingham's founding, is still an economic force here today. Foundries and pipe plants dot the landscape, the railroad runs through the city's center, and steam rises periodically in the distance from the quenching …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2K_a-new-city_Birmingham-AL.html
The arrival of two railroad lines in Jones Valley opened nearby deposits of iron ore, limestone, and coal to commercial development and helped make Birmingham one of the great industrial cities of the post Civil War South.
In 1871, the year of …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2J_before-birmingham-jones-valley_Birmingham-AL.html
Red Mountain, where you are standing, and Jones Valley, which stretches before you, were sites of human activity long before Birmingham's founding in 1871.
Native American presenceRecorded history and archaeological evidence indicate the presen…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2I_mineral-railroad-trestle_Birmingham-AL.html
The railroad trestle support wall across the road is a remnant of L&N's 156-mile Mineral Railroad, the backbone of the local iron industry. This segment ran along the north edge of Vulcan Park on its route around the Birmingham District, linking m…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1B2H_designing-vulcan-park_Birmingham-AL.html
Vulcan Park isn't just Vulcan's home; it's also a public park. The original project, funded by the WPA (Works Progress Administration) aimed for "general beautification of the entire acreage" to create" an ideal spot for untold scenic beauty." The…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX6H_a-b-loveman-house_Birmingham-AL.html
The house was built c. 1908 for Adolph B. Loveman, a Hungarian immigrant who in 1887 founded the dry goods business that evolved into one of Birmingham's signature retail establishments, Loveman, Joseph & Loeb. Its English-style neighbor to the no…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIAP_st-vincents-hospital_Birmingham-AL.html
Named for St. Vincent de Paul, founder of the Daughters of Charity in France in 1633, the hospital opened December 20, 1898 in the temporarily rented Henry F. DeBardelaben mansion at 206 15th Street South. Father Patrick A. O'Reilly founded the ho…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIAM_glen-iris-park_Birmingham-AL.html
Founded in 1898 by Robert Jemison, this 30-acre historic district is a private residential park containing an almost intact collection of some of Birmingham's finest 20th century houses. It was the first professionally landscaped residential commu…