Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District Explained

Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District
Nrhp Type:hd
Location:Roughly bounded by Crest and Argyle and Altamont, Country Club, Salisbury, and Lanark Rds., Birmingham (also in Mountain Brook), Alabama
Coordinates:33.5011°N -86.775°W
Nocat:yes
Built:1911
Architect:Multiple
Builder:Multiple
Architecture:Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Renaissance, Chateauesque
Added:October 3, 1985
Area:333acres
Refnum:85002719

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

It is roughly bounded by Crest and Argyle and Altamont, Country Club, Salisbury, and Lanark Roads. Its boundaries were drawn to include the original (early 1900s) plats of the Valley View, Milner Heights, Altamont/Redmont Drives and Redmont Park subdivisions, all being "exclusive and upper middle class suburban neighboods".

It is asserted to include the state's best examples of Tudor Revival, Spanish Revival, Chateauesque, Classical Revival, Dutch Revival and Colonial Revival architecture, as well as great landscape architecture.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=85002719}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District / Redmont Park; Altamont; Milner Heights; Valley View ]. National Park Service. Shirley Quails . Tom Dolan . June 28, 1985 . May 30, 2018. With