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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/HMIAN_green-acres-caf_Birmingham-AL.html
Businesses that occupied this building between 1908 - 19701908 - 1913 Southern Bell Telephone Company Stockroom1915 - 1926 OK French Dry Cleaning Company1927 - 1938 George Kanelis Billiards1940 - 1945 Alex's Steak House1946 - 1971 OK Cleaning Comp…
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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIAK_fraternal-hotel-building_Birmingham-AL.html
The Fraternal Hotel Building was built in 1925. Some of the businesses that were located in this building included: 1925 - 1980 Fraternal Hotel1925 - 1970 Fraternal Caf?1950 - 1966 Monroe Steak House1985 - 1994 Grand Lodge Knights of Pythians1928 …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIAH_clark-building_Birmingham-AL.html
This building was constructed in 1908 by Louis V. Clark (1862-1934), who also built the historic Lyric Theater located nearby on 18th Street. The Clark Theater on Caldwell Park is named in honor of Mr. Clark's generosity to the Birmingham Little T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIAF_the-little-theater-clark-memorial-theatre-virginia-samford-theatre_Birmingham-AL.html
Built in 1937 by Gen. Louis Verdier Clark from a design by architect William T. Warren as a community playhouse for cultural activities. It was recognized as one of the best of its kind in the nation. Mrs. Vassar Allen - first president, Bernard S…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIA3_title-building_Birmingham-AL.html
Designed by William C. Weston and erected in 1902, the Title Building was the second skyscraper built in Birmingham. It was the first building to supply its tenants with electric power with its own power-generating plant and the water supply was p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIA2_the-heaviest-corner-on-earth_Birmingham-AL.html
At the turn of the 20th century, Birmingham was a small town of two and three story buildings with a few church steeples punctuating the skyline. During the industrial boom from 1902 to 1912 which made Birmingham the largest city in the state. Fou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI7Q_alabama-veterans-memorial_Birmingham-AL.html
? ? ? ? ? ? Pearl Harbor? ? ? ? ? ? ? May 31, 1941Dear Friend,
I hope all is well with you. I am doing well but due to the present state of emergency the Pacific Fleet is held in a place known as Hawaiian Territory.
Would you do me a great f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMI7G_foot-soldier-tribute_Birmingham-AL.html
This sculpture is dedicated to the Foot Soldiers of the Birmingham Civil Rights Movement.
With gallantry, courage and great bravery they faced the violence of attack dogs, high powered water hoses, and bombings. They were the fodder in the adva…