Downtown Bessemer Historic District

Downtown Bessemer Historic District is an area in , . Downtown Bessemer Historic District is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near .

Places of Interest

Highlights include Southern Railway Terminal Station and Canaan Baptist Church.

Museum
Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
The Bessemer Hall of History is a located in, and devoted to the history of, the city of . The museum is housed in the former Alabama Great Southern Railroad depot in downtown Bessemer.

Church
Photo: Cecouchman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a Baptist church located in . It is affiliated with the National Baptist Convention, USA. Built in 1961, it had a congregation active in the Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

Mine
The are a group of mines in southwestern , United States. They were established by the Sloss Iron and Steel Company and its successor, the Sloss-Sheffield Iron and Steel Company, at the southern end of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bessemer and Lipscomb.

Photo: Jet Lowe, Public domain.
is a city in , Alabama, United States and a southwestern suburb of . The population was 26,019 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 25,079 in 2024.

Village
is a city in south central . It is part of the Birmingham, Alabama, metropolitan area. At the 2020 census, the population was 2,086. It does not have its own U.S. Post Office or ZIP code, instead sharing the ZIP code. is situated 2 miles northeast of Downtown Bessemer Historic District.

Village
is a city near , United States and located just east of . At the 2020 census, the population was 2,337. It is part of the Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Statistical Area, which in 2010 had a population of about 1,128,047, approximately one-quarter of Alabama's population. is situated 2 miles north of Downtown Bessemer Historic District.

Downtown Bessemer Historic District

Latitude
33.40225° or 33° 24′ 8″ north
Longitude
-86.95157° or 86° 57′ 6″ west
Elevation
531 feet (162 metres)
Open location code
865MC22X+W9
Geo­Names ID
11496892
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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Bryant Bridge and Roosevelt Park.

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