Ensley, Birmingham

Name: Ensley
Address: Birmingham, United States

#100 among attractions in Birmingham

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Ensley is a large city neighborhood in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. It was once a separate and thriving industrial city. It was formally incorporated on February 12, 1899, but later annexed into Birmingham on January 1, 1910 under the "Greater Birmingham" legislation. ()

Coordinates: 33°30'12"N, 86°53'30"W

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Ensley HighlandsBirmingham United States

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Ensley – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Legion Field, Western Hills Mall, Rickwood Field, Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens.

2.9 miE
Sport venue, Sport, Arenas and stadiums
Legion Field, Birmingham
74 min walk • Legion Field is an outdoor stadium in the southeastern United States in Birmingham, Alabama, primarily designed to be used as a venue for American football, but occasionally used for other large outdoor events. Opened in 1927, it is named in honor of the American Legion, a U.S. organization of military veterans.
2.8 miSW
Shopping, Shopping centre
Western Hills Mall, Birmingham
73 min walk • Western Hills Mall is a shopping mall in metro Birmingham, Alabama. There are 2 vacant anchor stores that were once Walmart Supercenter and Burlington. The mall opened in 1969 as the second in Birmingham, under the development of Aronov Realty. Loveman's of Alabama, which became Pizitz in 1980, was one of its original anchor stores.
2 miE
Sport venue, Sport, Sport complex
Rickwood Field, Birmingham
52 min walk • Rickwood Field, located in Birmingham, Alabama, is the oldest professional baseball park in the United States. It was built for the Birmingham Barons in 1910 by industrialist and team-owner Rick Woodward and has served as the home park for the Birmingham Barons and the Birmingham Black Barons of the Negro leagues.
3.1 miE
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Arlington Antebellum Home and Gardens, Birmingham
78 min walk • Arlington Antebellum Home & Gardens, or Arlington Historic House, is a former plantation house and 6 acres of landscaped gardens near downtown Birmingham, Alabama. The two-story frame structure was built between 1845–50 and features antebellum-era Greek Revival architecture.
3.1 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
First Baptist Church, Birmingham
79 min walk • First Baptist Church, East Thomas is a historic church at 419 11th Court West in Birmingham, Alabama. It was built in 1939 in a Gothic Revival style and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
2.1 miW
Church
Faith Chapel Christian Center, Birmingham
55 min walk • Faith Chapel is a non-denominational, Christian, megachurch located in Birmingham, Alabama. The congregation, though largely African American, also consists of a variety of individuals from various ethnic and socio-economic backgrounds.
3.4 miSE
33°28'33"N • 86°50'35"W
Joe Minter's African Village in America, Birmingham
87 min walk • Museum
2.9 miE
Cemetery
Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham
75 min walk • Elmwood Cemetery is a 412 acres cemetery established in 1900 in Birmingham, Alabama northwest of Homewood by a group of fraternal organizations. It was renamed in 1906 and gradually eclipsed Oak Hill Cemetery as the most prominent burial place in the city.
1.4 miNW
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Mount Ararat Baptist Church, Birmingham
37 min walk • Mount Ararat Baptist Church is a historic church at 1920 Slayden Avenue, Ensley in Birmingham, Alabama. It is located in the Ensley suburb, west of downtown Birmingham, and overlooks Highway 239. It was originally built in 1929 but was modified in 1950 to add a red brick veneer.
3.6 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
First Ebenezer Baptist Church, Birmingham
93 min walk • First Ebenezer Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church at 420 Graymont Avenue North in Smithfield in Birmingham, Alabama. It was built in 1963 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. This church serves Jefferson County.
3.7 miE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Peace Baptist Church, Birmingham
96 min walk • The Peace Baptist Church is a church at 302 Sixth Street North in Birmingham, Alabama. Its historic building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005. It was deemed significant for its association in 1963 with the Birmingham civil rights movement.