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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Jefferson County

 
Clickable Map of Jefferson County, Alabama and Immediately Adjacent Jurisdictions image/svg+xml 2019-10-06 U.S. Census Bureau, Abe.suleiman; Lokal_Profil; HMdb.org; J.J.Prats/dc:title> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Usa_counties_large.svg Jefferson County, AL (381) Bibb County, AL (20) Blount County, AL (22) Shelby County, AL (65) St. Clair County, AL (29) Tuscaloosa County, AL (183) Walker County, AL (19)  JeffersonCounty(381) Jefferson County (381)  BibbCounty(20) Bibb County (20)  BlountCounty(22) Blount County (22)  ShelbyCounty(65) Shelby County (65)  St.ClairCounty(29) St. Clair County (29)  TuscaloosaCounty(183) Tuscaloosa County (183)  WalkerCounty(19) Walker County (19)
Birmingham is the county seat for Jefferson County
Adjacent to Jefferson County, Alabama
Bibb County (20)  ►
Blount County (22)  ►
Shelby County (65)  ►
St. Clair County (29)  ►
Tuscaloosa County (183)  ►
Walker County (19)  ►
 
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1 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Bessemer — “Spirit of the American Doughboy” — Bessemer, Alabama —
2 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Bessemer — Bright Star / Koikos Restaurant — "Alabama's Oldest Restaurant" / "An American Classic" —
3 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Bessemer — Canaan Baptist Church — Jefferson County's Oldest Baptist Church —
4 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Bessemer — Hosea Holcombe — 1780-1841 — "Alabama's first church historian" —
5 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Bessemer — McAdory House —
6 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Bessemer — Owen House —
7 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Bessemer — Sweet Home / Henry W. Sweet —
8 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Bessemer — The Bessemer Site — Alabama Indigenous Mound Trail —
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9 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Bessemer — Thomas McAdory Owen — (1866-1920) —
10 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Bessemer — Union Baptist Church And Cemetery —
11 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham — Highlands School —
12 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Acipco-Finley — Julius Ellsberry Memorial Park —
13 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Arlington - West End — Old Elyton Courthouse Bell —
14 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Arlington - West End — United Confederate Veterans — Camp Hardee No. 39 —
15 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Arlington - West End — Walker Memorial Church —
16 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Arlington - West End — Wilson's Raiders — Headquarters March 28-31, 1865 —
17 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Belview Heights — Belview Heights Neighborhood —
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18 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Birmingham Civil Rights District — "Peace Be Still" — Mark 4:39 —
19 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Birmingham Civil Rights District — C10 — A. G. Gaston Building — Destination — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
20 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Bluff Park — Bluff Park Art Association/ Bluff Park Art Show —
21 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — A14 — A City of Two Governments — March Route to Government — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
22 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — D6 — Alabama's Rebel Yell — March Route for Education — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
23 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — E4 — Answering the Call — March Route Towards a Purposeful Life — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
24 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — A10 — Arrested at City Hall — March Route to Government — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
25 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — C30 — Birmingham City Hall — Destination — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
26 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — E1 — Birth of an Icon — March Route Towards a Purposeful Life — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
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27 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Boilers — Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark —
28 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — C34 — Boutwell Auditorium — (Former Municipal Auditorium) — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
29 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Casting Pigs — Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark —
30 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — B17 — Celebrity Star Power — March Route to Retail — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
31 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — D9 — Children's Crusade for Education — March Route for Education — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
32 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Civil Rights Freedom Riders — May 14, 1961 —
33 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Clark Building —
34 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Concord Center — Time Capsule —
35 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — D13 — Desegregating Ramsay School — March Route for Education — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
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36 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — D12 — Desegregating West End School — March Route for Education — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
37 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Dewberry Drugs and Phenix Insurance Company Buildings —
38 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Duncan House —
39 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — D4 — Education of Black Folk — March Route for Education — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
40 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — First Presbyterian Church —
41 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — C23 — Former F.W. Woolworth Store Building — Destination — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
42 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Historic Black Bath House —
43 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — D14 — Historic Demonstration at Phillips School — March Route for Education — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail — Reported damaged
44 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — D5 — Hope Arrives — March Route for Education — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
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45 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — D11 — Integration Begins: Desegregating Graymont School — March Route for Education — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
46 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — B18 — Integration Corner — March Route to Retail — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
47 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Ironmaking — Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark —
48 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Jefferson County Courthouse Site —
49 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Jefferson County Courthouses —
50 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — C32 — Linn-Henley Research Library — Destination — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
51 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — D3 — Little Lady Can Read — March Route for Education — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
52 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — E3 — Love & Marriage — March Route Towards a Purposeful Life — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
53 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — C25 — Loveman's Department Store/McWane Science Center — National Register of Historic Places Destination — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
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54 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — D15 — March Route for Education Timeline — March Route for Education — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
55 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Morris Avenue Historic District / Elyton Land Company — / (Successor, Birmingham Realty Co.) —
56 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — B15 — Music in the Movement — March Route to Retail — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
57 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — C26 — Newberry's Department Store/IMAX Dome Theater — National Register of Historic Places Destination — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
58 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — C35 — Phillips High School — (Now Phillips Academy) — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
59 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Powell School —
60 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — A11 — Public Library Desegregated — March Route to Government — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
61 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Raymond Weeks — Founder of National Veterans Day —
62 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — S. H. Kress Five-And-Ten Cent Store —
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63 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — C24 — S.H. Kress Store Building — Destination — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
64 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — D8 — School Integration Now — March Route for Education — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
65 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — D2 — Separate But Unequal Education — March Route for Education — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
66 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — B20 — Shutting Down Downtown — March Route to Retail — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
67 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — E5 — Shuttlesworth Goes to Work — March Route Towards a Purposeful Life — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
68 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — E6 — Shuttlesworth Starts the ACMHR — March Route Towards a Purposeful Life — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
69 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — E7 — Shuttlesworth v. "Bull" — March Route Towards a Purposeful Life — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
70 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — B19 — Sitting in for Lunch — March Route to Retail — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
71 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Sloss Blast Furnaces — National Historic Landmark —
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72 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Sloss Furnaces —
73 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Sloss Quarters —
74 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — B21 — South at the White House — March Route to Retail — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
75 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — D10 — Southern Resistance — March Route for Education — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
76 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Steiner Bank Building —
77 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Temple Wilson Tutwiler, II / Tutwiler Hotel — March 22, 1923 - March 1, 1982 —
78 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — The Berry Project —
79 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — The Birmingham Public Library / The Linn - Henley Research Library —
80 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — The Blast Furnace — Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark —
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81 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — The Blowing Engine Room — Sloss Furnaces National Historic Landmark —
82 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — E2 — The Boy Becomes a Man — March Route Towards a Purposeful Life — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
83 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — The Cathedral Church of the Advent —
84 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — The Heaviest Corner On Earth —
85 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — D1 — The Importance of Being Educated — March Route for Education — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
86 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — The Rainbow Viaduct — Dedicated to the Brave Men of the 167th Infantry who fought to Preserve Our Freedom —
87 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — A12 — The Right to Vote — March Route to Government — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
88 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — D7 — The Schoolhouse Stand at Alabama — March Route for Education — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
89 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — A13 — The Stand for Freedom — March Route to Government — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
90 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — The Tutwiler Hotel / The Tutwiler-Ridgely Rebirth — Est. 1914 —
91 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, Central City — Title Building —
92 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, College Hills — H21 — Attorney for His People — March Route for Fair Housing — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
93 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, College Hills — Birmingham - Southern College —
94 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, College Hills — H2 — Black Birmingham Housing — March Route for Fair Housing — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
95 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, College Hills — H13 — Black Classes and the Masses — March Route for Fair Housing — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
96 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, College Hills — H20 — Gentle Giant of Dynamite Hill — March Route for Fair Housing — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
97 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, College Hills — Graymont Elementary School —
98 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, College Hills — H23 — Rev. Shuttlesworth Calls for Peace and Action — March Route for Fair Housing — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
99 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, College Hills — H11 — Secret Multiracial Meetings — March Route for Fair Housing — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —
100 ► Alabama, Jefferson County, Birmingham, College Hills — H22 — The Price of Freedom — March Route for Fair Housing — Birmingham Civil Rights Heritage Trail —

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Oct. 10, 2026