Morris Avenue Historic District

The Morris Avenue Historic District is an industrial district in Birmingham, Alabama. The district covers Morris Avenue from 20th Street to 25th Street and First Avenue from 21st to 26th Street.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Rotary Trail and Saint Paul’s Cathedral.

Rotary Trail

Park

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Rotary Trail is a half-mile linear park in downtown Birmingham, Alabama. The trail was predominantly funded by the Birmingham Rotary Club in honor of their centennial anniversary.

Saint Paul’s Cathedral

Church

Photo: Spyder Monkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Cathedral of Saint Paul — informally known as Saint Paul's Cathedral — is the mother church of the Catholic Diocese of Birmingham in Alabama in Birmingham, Alabama, in the United States.

Birmingham station

Railway station

Photo: Max Wolfe, CC BY 2.0.

Birmingham station is a train station in Birmingham, Alabama. It is a service stop for Amtrak's Crescent, which provides daily service between New York City, Atlanta, and New Orleans.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Birmingham and Avondale.

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.

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.

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 2½ miles west of Morris Avenue Historic District.

Morris Avenue Historic District

Type: Area
Location: Jefferson, Alabama, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

33.51501° or 33° 30′ 54″ north

Longitude

-86.8015° or 86° 48′ 5″ west

Elevation

623 feet (190 metres)

Open location code

865MG58X+29

GeoNames ID

11496779

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