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Historic district in Alabama, United States

Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District

The Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District, in Jefferson County, Alabama, including parts of Birmingham and Mountain Brook, is a 333 acres (135 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District
Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District · Wikimedia Commons
The place

The Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District, in Jefferson County, Alabama, including parts of Birmingham and Mountain Brook, is a 333 acres (135 ha) historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. The listing included 392 contributing buildings and three contributing structures.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of Alabama at Birmingham

    The University of Alabama at Birmingham is a public research university in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. Founded in 1969 and part of the University of Alabama System, UAB has grown to be the state's largest employer, with more than 27,302 faculty and staff and over 53,000 jobs at the university.

    3 km · public university in Birmingham, Alabama · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Cathedral of Saint Paul

    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. Designed by Chicago architect Adolphus Druiding, the Victorian Gothic-style brick building was completed as a parish church in 1893.

    3.3 km · church in Alabama, United States · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Birmingham Zoo

    The Birmingham Zoo is a zoological park that opened in 1955 in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. The Birmingham Zoo is an independent, not for profit, 501 organization, and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, participating in AZA Species Survival Plans.

    1.6 km · zoo in Birmingham, Alabama · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Sloss Furnaces

    Sloss Furnaces is a National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama in the United States. It operated as a pig iron-producing blast furnace from 1882 to 1971.

    2.6 km · museum and national historic landmark in Birmingham, Alabama · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Temple Beth-El

    Temple Beth-El is a Conservative synagogue located in Birmingham, Alabama, in the United States. Founded in 1907, Temple Beth-El is a member of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.

    1.4 km · synagogue in Birmingham, Alabama, United States · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    City Federal Building

    The City Federal Building is a skyscraper located on Second Avenue North in Birmingham, Alabama. It was built in 1913 and was designed by architect William C. Weston.

    3.3 km · building in Alabama, United States · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    John Hand Building

    John Hand Building is a mixed-use high rise building in Birmingham, Alabama, US, with a height of 287 feet. It was the tallest building in the city until surpassed by the City Federal Building in 1913.

    3.2 km · historic building in Birmingham, Alabama, USA · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Thomas Jefferson Hotel

    Thomas Jefferson Tower, originally the Thomas Jefferson Hotel and then the Cabana Hotel, is a 19-story building on the western side of downtown Birmingham, Alabama. It was completed in 1929 as the 350-room Thomas Jefferson Hotel and is at 1623 2nd Avenue North.

    3.6 km · 19-story building on the western side of downtown Birmingham, Alabama · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Regions Center

    The Regions Center is a 390-foot tall, 30 story office tower located at the northwest corner of 20th Street and 5th Avenue North in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. The building served as the corporate headquarters for AmSouth Bancorporation from 1972 until 2006, and Sonat, Inc.

    3.7 km · skyscraper in Birmingham, Alabama, USA · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Vulcan statue

    The Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world, and is the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama, United States, reflecting its roots in the iron and steel industry. The 56-foot tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan, god of the fire and forge, with ironworking equipment.

    2.2 km · largest cast iron statue in the world · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District

Airports
Birmingham-Shuttlesworth (BHM), 7 km · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta (ATL), 218 km · Nashville (BNA), 292 km
Stations
Birmingham Terminal Station, 3.3 km
  • Atlanta → Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District
    223 km · quickest by road, 3h 22m · $19–26
  • Nashville → Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District
    296 km · quickest by road, 4h 31m · $25–34
  • Pensacola → Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District
    345 km · quickest by air, 5h 52m · $130–200
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    1,444 km
  2. 02
    BacalarMX

    9 ways of moving, 41 sources

    1,656 km
  3. 03
    Caye CaulkerBZ

    9 ways of moving, 42 sources

    1,757 km
  4. 04
    FloresGT

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,869 km
  5. 05
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    1,941 km

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