24 comments

  1. Lynn Henry

    That’s the old Terminal Station in the picture. That was one of my earliest memories of Birmingham. I remember the street tunneled under the building.

  2. Chris Zobrosky

    Someone should rebuild terminal station. It doesn’t have to be a train station. It could be a hotel or anything really.

  3. Terry Brumback

    It is a shame that City Administrators bulldozed this historic building.

  4. David Lee Broadhead

    The first lot sold at 19th St and 2nd Ave, was that 2nd Ave North or South? What is in that specific location today?

  5. Alex Mansell

    Absolutely love your articles. It’s great to know the history of my home, especially when I live so far away now. Can’t take the Southern out of me no matter where I live. 😀

  6. Robert Smith

    Happy 184th Birmingham.

  7. Carol Glaze Chambers Misconis

    Wow, this is great

  8. Walter Moreland

    If you go back to about 1813 or 15 it would have been called frog Level. And it would have been where the old Elyton School sits today. That was going to get the Jefferson county seat. In 1820 it changed the name to Elyton. The area was an old Indian trading site. They built a courthouse there and William Mudd became the circuit judge there. He was the man who built Arlington.

  9. Tommy May

    Located in the “northeaster” part of the state?… Oak Mountain in Bessemer?… Love how they showed the shotgun house neighborhoods… News reel must have been made in New York City.

    1. Linda Stephan

      I think they meant the boys were housed in Bessemer, not that Oak Mtn was there. I agree about “northeastern.” Bad compass?

  10. Linda Speigle Sprowl

    Pamela Nicholson Harrison

  11. Paul Knight

    Is that the old train station that should have never been torn down?

    1. Alabama Pioneers

      Yes it is.

  12. Kathy Bassett Brown

    Happy Birthday Birmingham!

  13. Sheri McDaniel

    Sad the train station is no longer there

  14. Patti Buckner

    My parents were married in the court House……

  15. Jean Nash Mayfield

    I still hate that this building was destroyed!

  16. Michael Kendrick

    That was only one of the stupid things that Birmingham did!

  17. Janis Gilbreath Martin

    Thanks for sharing

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  19. Alex R. Moore

    The city leaders who tore down Birmingham’s Train Terminal in tbe 70’s should be shamed forever …

    1. David Harkey

      Alex R. Moore City leaders had nothing to do with Train Terminal. Maybe do some research about the Train Terminal. Train Terminal was demolished in 1969. So it is evident you don’t know history

    2. Alex R. Moore

      David Harkey Did it just fall down by itself?

    3. Mark Thomas

      Alex R. Moore A total lack of vision seems to be the perfect description of Birmingham’s leaders. Either they start without it or it gets lost immediately. Much like the rest of this state.

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