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Date added: May 17, 2022
The former Station No. 12 was built in 1929 in Woodlawn at 1st Avenue North and 57th Street North. Designed by Turner & Slater Architects in a residentially-scaled Tudor Revival style, the station was pulled back from the street to… read more
Date added: May 17, 2022
“Birmingham Fire Station No. 19 serves the East Lake neighborhood. In 1960 Company No. 19 operated one 750-gallon Seagrave pumper truck from the station. in 2017 Station 19 ranked as the 68th busiest Engine Company in the Nation according to… read more
Date added: May 17, 2022; Modified: May 17, 2022
There is little info about this station beyond that it “was equipped with one 1939 Seagrave pumper truck with a 750-gallon capacity.” This station was fixed up under a CWA Birmingham Public Buildings 37-C-715 project. These were designated Class “A”,… read more
Date added: May 17, 2022
Birmingham Fire Station No. 11 (1910) was a station for the Birmingham Fire Department located at 1250 13th Street North, adjoining the alley between 12th and 13th Avenues to serve the Fountain Heights area. Construction of a station in the… read more
Date added: July 27, 2012; Modified: May 16, 2022
“Bunker Tower is an observation tower on the peak of Cheaha Mountain in Cheaha State Park located in Cleburne County, Alabama, U.S.A. The tower is located at the peak of Cheaha Mountain, the highest point in Alabama.[1] The tower is… read more
Date added: May 1, 2022; Modified: May 10, 2022
The Civil Works Administration of Jefferson County employed women in a school clean up project 37-C-348-2. Excerpts from the Report on Civil Works Administration of Alabama Jefferson County Division: “The clean-up of Birmingham Public Schools and Public Buildings enabled the… read more
Date added: April 26, 2022; Modified: April 28, 2022
Originally the East Fire Department of Birmingham serving the Lakeview Community, Fire Company 8 was one of two stations build in response to the 1905 Tarriff assessment. Due to its proximity to Station 3 it was moved to the north… read more
Date added: July 24, 2013; Modified: April 27, 2022
The mural “Cotton Scene” was painted for then-new Hartselle post office by Lee R. Warthen in 1941. The work was commissioned by the Treasury Section of Fine Arts. “Warthen, of Washington, D.C., produced the Hartselle panel as the result of… read more
Date added: April 26, 2022; Modified: April 26, 2022
The original station, constructed in 1905 at 1501 3rd Avenue North, is the oldest Birmingham fire station still standing. Designed as a 2-bay, 2-story station it has been center of much of the departments history with an original name of… read more
Date added: April 26, 2022; Modified: April 26, 2022
Birmingham Fire Station 4 is a retired fire station that served the “East End” and Terminal Station area from the 200 block of 24th Street North. It was one of several stations constructed in the mid-1920s by the city of… read more
Date added: April 24, 2022
The Civil Works Administration (CWA) built Fire Station No. 9 in Birmingham AL. There is little information about the history of this station. From Google Street View, it appears to have a mid century style of architecture indicating that it… read more
Date added: March 17, 2022; Modified: March 17, 2022
The Alabama Relief Administration/Civil Works Administration paved 3.7 miles of road in New Castle AL. “Probably the most important single piece of work was the paving of the above road, which is 3.7 miles in length. This road is a… read more
Date added: March 12, 2022; Modified: March 12, 2022
Lowery Field is a multi-use recreation field with 4 baseball diamonds, a football field, a basketball court and a playground. The state archives show a picture baseball field that was built by the Civil Works Administration or Alabama Relief Administration.
Date added: March 1, 2022; Modified: March 1, 2022
The Paterson Courts is a 158 unit housing complex that was one of 50 slum clearance and low income housing projects the PWA was tasked with in the 1935-36 period. Its one and two story group houses, covers 7 acres,… read more
Date added: May 22, 2021
Rural bridge and box culvert constructed in 1938 as part of the WPA “farm to market” road improvement initiative.