Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Redmont Park Historic District
Photographed By Tim & Renda Carr, March 12, 2011
1. Redmont Park Historic District Marker
Inscription.
Redmont Park Historic District. . Extending across the crest of Red Mountain, is the state’s second oldest garden-landscaped residential area. Developed from 1911 to 1935 by Robert Jemison, Jr., Hill Ferguson, and Henry Key Milner using landscape architects C. W. Leavitt of New York City, George H. Miller of Boston, Birmingham landscape architect William H. Kessler and engineer John Glander, the area contains Alabama’s finest collection of residential architecture of that era and includes the state’s best examples of the domestic use of Tudor, Spanish Revival, Classical Revival, English Cottage, Dutch Revival, Chateauesque, and Renaissance Revival.
National Register of Historic Places
Extending across the crest of Red Mountain, is the state’s second oldest garden-landscaped residential area. Developed from 1911 to 1935 by Robert Jemison, Jr., Hill Ferguson, and Henry Key Milner using landscape architects C. W. Leavitt of New York City, George H. Miller of Boston, Birmingham landscape architect William H. Kessler and engineer John Glander, the area contains Alabama’s finest collection of residential architecture of that era and includes the state’s best examples of the domestic use of Tudor, Spanish Revival, Classical Revival, English Cottage, Dutch Revival, Chateauesque, and Renaissance Revival.
National Register of Historic Places
Erected by United States Department of the Interior.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Places. A significant historical year for this entry is 1911.
Location. 33° 29.902′ N, 86° 46.939′ W. Marker is in Birmingham, Alabama, in Jefferson County. Marker is at the intersection of Arlington Avenue and Aberdeen Road, on the right when traveling south on Arlington Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Birmingham AL 35205, United States of America. Touch for directions.
2. Redmont Park Historic District Marker (North View)
Photographed By Tim & Renda Carr, March 12, 2011
3. Redmont Park Historic District Marker (South View)
Photographed By Tim & Renda Carr, March 2, 2009
4. Below view of the Crest of Red Mountain
Photographed By Tim & Renda Carr, March 12, 2011
5. Redmont Park Historic District (Crest Road)
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6. The view from Crest Road, Downtown Birmingham
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7. Example of some of the homes in Redmont Park Historic District.
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8. Example of some of the homes in Redmont Park Historic District.
Photographed By Tim & Renda Carr, March 12, 2011
9. Example of some of the homes in Redmont Park Historic District.
Photographed By Tim & Renda Carr, March 12, 2011
10. Sloss Furnaces veiwed from Crest Road
Many of the homes atop Red Mountain where built by Birmingham's early iron and steel industries leaders. They built on the mountain to be above the smoke and pollution that their own mills where producing down in the valley.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 25, 2011, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,668 times since then and 63 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. submitted on March 25, 2011, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
