Woodlawn Commercial Historic District, Birmingham

#115 among attractions in Birmingham

Neighbourhood, Beaux-Arts architecture, Gothic Revival architecture

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The Woodlawn Commercial Historic District, in Birmingham, Alabama, was listed on the National Register of Historic Districts in 1991. It is a 6 acres district which included 12 contributing buildings and four non-contributing buildings in an area around the junction of 1st Avenue North and 55th Place in Birmingham, at the center of the community of Woodlawn, Alabama, which for a time was a separate city before being absorbed into Birmingham. A much larger portion of the community, including all of this Commercial historic district and residential areas as well, was later listed on the National Register as Woodlawn Historic District. ()

Coordinates: 33°32'24"N, 86°45'9"W

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WoodlawnBirmingham United States

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Woodlawn Commercial Historic District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Woodlawn City Hall, Highland Park Golf Course, Eastwood Village.

2.6 miSW
Museum, Historical place, History museum
Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark, Birmingham
66 min walk • Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark is a testament to Birmingham's industrial past and a pivotal symbol of the city's role in the development of the steel industry. This local history museum in Birmingham, Alabama, offers visitors a glimpse into the once-thriving...
~180 ftSW
City hall
Woodlawn City Hall, Birmingham
1 min walk • The Woodlawn City Hall, at 5525 First Ave. N, in Birmingham, Alabama, was built in 1908. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988.
2.4 miSW
Outdoor activities, Golf
Highland Park Golf Course, Birmingham
61 min walk • Highland Park Golf Course is a public golf course in Birmingham, Alabama. Established in 1903 as the Country Club of Birmingham, it is the oldest golf course in the state of Alabama.
2 miE
Shopping, Shopping centre
Eastwood Village, Birmingham
51 min walk • Eastwood Village, formerly Eastwood Mall, was a shopping mall located in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Its location was between Montclair Road and Crestwood Boulevard, adjacent to I-20, between Mountain Brook and Irondale.
1.8 miNE
Museum, Specialty museum, Science museum
Southern Museum of Flight, Birmingham
47 min walk • The Southern Museum of Flight is a civilian aviation museum Birmingham, Alabama. The facility features nearly 100 aircraft, as well as engines, models, artifacts, photographs, and paintings.
2.9 miNE
Park, Nature and wildlife, Trail
Ruffner Mountain Nature Center, Birmingham
75 min walk • Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve is a 1,038 acre nature preserve located in the eastern portion of Jefferson County, Alabama in the City of Birmingham's historic South East Lake neighborhood. The preserve includes a visitor center containing native Alabama animals including raptors, snakes, turtles, and owls.
2.9 miW
Church
Bethel Baptist Church, Birmingham
74 min walk • Bethel Baptist Church is a Baptist church in the Collegeville neighborhood of Birmingham, Alabama. The church served as headquarters from 1956 to 1961 for the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights, which was led by Fred Shuttlesworth and active in the Birmingham during the Civil Rights Movement.
2.1 miSW
33°31'0"N • 86°46'34"W
Birmingham Shambhala Meditation Center, Birmingham
54 min walk • Temple
3.2 miS
Golf
Birmingham Country Club, Birmingham
82 min walk • Birmingham Country Club, located in Birmingham, Alabama, was founded in 1898 as the Country Club of Birmingham. It moved in 1900 from North Birmingham to Lakeview, then again in 1926 to a site in Shades Valley, now within the city of Mountain Brook.
2.7 miSW
Church
Independent Presbyterian Church, Birmingham
69 min walk • Independent Presbyterian Church is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church located on the Southside in Birmingham, Alabama. Initially started by a group of 25 following controversy over doctrinal issues within a local congregation, the church now has approximately 1800 members.
3 miSW
Church
East End Baptist Church, Birmingham
77 min walk • East End Baptist Church is a historic Baptist church building at 2609 Sixth Avenue South in Birmingham, Alabama. It was built in 1947 in a style that can be described as Romanesque Revival, but has been well described by Jay Price as mid-century traditional. It added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.