Kelly Ingram Park
Kelly Ingram Park, formerly West Park, is a 4 acres park located in Birmingham, Alabama. It is bounded by 16th and 17th Streets and 5th and 6th Avenues North in the Birmingham Civil Rights District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: park in Birmingham, Alabama, United States
- Also known as: “Ingram Park”, “West End Park”, and “West Park”
Places of Interest
Highlights include 16th Street Baptist Church and Alabama Penny Savings Bank.
16th Street Baptist Church
Church
The 16th Street Baptist Church is a Baptist church in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. In 1963, the church was bombed by Ku Klux Klan members. The bombing killed four young girls in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement.
Alabama Penny Savings Bank
Heritage site
Photo: Spyder Monkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Alabama Penny Savings Bank is a historic building built in 1913 at 310 18th Street North in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. The building has also been known as the Pythian Temple.
Birmingham Museum of Art
Museum
The Birmingham Museum of Art is a museum in Birmingham, Alabama. Its collection includes more than 24,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and decorative arts representing various cultures, including Asian, European, American, African, Pre-Columbian, and Native American.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Birmingham and Elyton.
Birmingham
Photo: Patrick Cain, CC BY 3.0.
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama, and its cultural and economic nucleus. While it's best remembered as the site of protest, bombings, and other racial tumult during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, visitors to the Birmingham of today will find a pleasant green city of ridges, valleys, attractive views, and friendly, hospitable people.
Elyton
Hamlet
Elyton, Alabama, was the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama from 1821 to 1873. It was the county's second seat, after Carrollsville. In 1873 the courthouse was moved to Birmingham. Elyton is situated 2 miles southwest of Kelly Ingram Park.
Avondale
Neighborhood
Avondale was a company town built around the Avondale Mills east of Birmingham, Alabama in Jefferson County. The town was incorporated on March 18, 1887. Avondale is situated 2 miles east of Kelly Ingram Park.
Kelly Ingram Park
- Categories: protected area and recreation area
- Location: Jefferson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
33.51632° or 33° 30′ 59″ northLongitude
-86.81345° or 86° 48′ 48″ westElevation
600 feet (183 metres)Open location code
865MG58P+GJOpenStreetMap ID
way 264959614OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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In Other Languages
“Kelly Ingram Park” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “凱利英格拉姆公園”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Fourth Avenue Historic District and Morris Avenue–First Avenue North Historic District.
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Highlights include A. G. Gaston Motel and Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church.
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