Enon Ridge is a neighborhood in Birmingham, Alabama. The hilly 180-acre area was home to Carrie A. Tuggle's Tuggle Institute which is now Tuggle Elementary. It was home to middle class African Americans.[1] It borders the Smithfield neighborhood.
Enon Ridge Cemetery is an early Jewish cemetery in the area.[2] Enon Ridge Pioneer Cemetery is the burial site of some of the area's early American settlers.[1] Davenport and Harris Funeral Home was established in Enon Ridge and continues there.[1] Old Sardis Baptist Church is also in Enon Ridge.[1]
In 2017 the city approved a project to build affordable homes in Enon Ridge.[3] In 2018 one of the program's homes was completed.[4] Mayor William Bell was part of the initiation of construction on the trail segment begun in 2013.[5]
There is an Enon Ridge Trail which connects to the Smithfield Trail and is part of the Red Rock Trail.[6] The Freshwater Land Trust has funded improvements on the trail.[7]
Businessman A. G. Gaston lived in Enon Ridge with his mother and studied at Tuttle Institute.[8]
Tuggle Memorial, a stele in Birmingham's Kelly Ingram Park, was unveiled by two of Tuggle's descendants and received support from Dr. A. G. Gaston, a Birmingham businessman who studied in the Tuggle Institute. The stele recognizes her work on behalf of orphans and juvenile defendants, as well as her role as a philanthropist and educator.
Civil rights leader Angela Davis attended Carrie A. Tuggle Elementary School.[9] [10]