Depot National Register Application

NPS Form 10-900 OMB No. 1024-0018 (Expires 5/31/2012)

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United States Department of the Interior National Park Service

National Register of Historic Places Registration Form This form is for use in nominating or requesting determinations for individual properties and districts. See instructions in National Register Bulletin, How to Complete the National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. If any item does not apply to the property being documented, enter "N/A" for "not applicable." For functions, architectural classification, materials, and areas of significance, enter only categories and subcategories from the instructions. Place additional certification comments, entries, and narrative items on continuation sheets if needed (NPS Form 10-900a). 1. Name of Property

historic name Birmingham Southern Railroad Freight Depot Historic District

other names/site number

2. Location

street & number 14 14th St. N and 1301 1st Ave. N not for publication

city or town Birmingham vicinity

state Alabama code AL county Jefferson code 073 zip code 35203

3. State/Federal Agency Certification

As the designated authority under the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended,

I hereby certify that this nomination _ request for determination of eligibility meets the documentation standards for registering properties in the National Register of Historic Places and meets the procedural and professional requirements set forth in 36 CFR Part 60.

In my opinion, the property _ meets _ does not meet the National Register Criteria. I recommend that this property be considered significant at the following level(s) of significance:

national statewide X local ____________________________________ Signature of certifying official Date _____________________________________ Title State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government

In my opinion, the property meets does not meet the National Register criteria. ____________________________________ Signature of commenting official Date ___________________ _________ Title State or Federal agency/bureau or Tribal Government 4. National Park Service Certification

I, hereby, certify that this property is:

entered in the National Register determined eligible for the National Register determined not eligible for the National Register removed from the National Register other (explain:) ________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________ Signature of the Keeper Date of Action

Birmingham Southern Railroad Freight Depot H.D. Jefferson, Alabama Name of Property County and State

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5. Classification Ownership of Property (Check as many boxes as apply)

Category of Property (Check only one box)

Number of Resources within Property (Do not include previously listed resources in the count.)

Contributing Noncontributing X private building(s) 2 1 buildings public - Local X district district public - State site site public - Federal structure structure object object 1 1 Total

Name of related multiple property listing (Enter "N/A" if property is not part of a multiple property listing)

Number of contributing resources previously listed in the National Register

N/A 0 6. Function or Use

Historic Functions (Enter categories from instructions)

Current Functions (Enter categories from instructions)

TRANSPORTATION: rail-related VACANT/NOT IN USE

7. Description

Architectural Classification (Enter categories from instructions)

Materials (Enter categories from instructions)

LATE 19th & 20TH CENTURY REVIVALS: foundation: CONCRETE

Commercial Style walls: BRICK

roof: METAL

other:


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Narrative Description (Describe the historic and current physical appearance of the property. Explain contributing and noncontributing resources if necessary. Begin with a summary paragraph that briefly describes the general characteristics of the property, such as its location, setting, size, and significant features.) Summary Paragraph The Birmingham Southern Railroad Freight Depot Historic District consists of two contributing resources: the Birmingham Southern Railroad Freight Depot (1928) and the Tennesee Iron, Coal, and Railroad Company Warehouse (circa 1902) and one noncontributing resource, a garage (circa 1970). The site is generally bounded to the north by 1st Avenue North, to the west and east by 12th and 14th Streets, and to the south by the Birmingham railroad corridor. The district is generally a flat, open industrial site that is surrounded by commercial properties to the north, vacant land to the east and west, and the railroad. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Description Birmingham Southern Railroad Freight Depot (1928, ca. 1945) The Birmingham Southern Railroad Freight Depot Historic is a two-story brick veneer railroad freight depot building with a one-story warehouse extension to its west. Both sections have gable raised seam metal roofs. The building faces 14th Street and extends westward perpendicular to the street. The principal office building is three bays wide and twelve bays deep measuring approximately 31 feet by 128 feet. The warehouse extension measures approximately 40 feet by 263 feet and is divided into two sections by a fire wall, one twelve bays deep and the other thirteen bays deep. The principal east façade has a central entrance at its first floor level flanked to the south by a single wood three-over-three light window and to the north by a bricked-in window to the north. Similar one-over-one light windows are located in the two southern bays of the upper level with a similar bricked-in window to the east. The shaped parapet has a round vent centered at the gable end. The seventh bay of the south elevation of the front building opens into a recessed vestibule. Remaining bays at the first and second floor levels have windows similar to those at the façade. A canopy supported by arched iron brackets extends across the six western bays above the first floor windows. The north elevation of the front building is similar to the south with the exception of a two-story addition that extends from the seventh to the tenth bays. The rear elevation is partially obscured by the warehouse extension. The three exposed elevations of the warehouse have cargo openings in most of their bays with those at the north elevation retaining multi-light transoms. The interior of the front portion retains much of its historic appearance and is utilitarian in character with smooth plaster ceiling and wall finishes. The warehouse extension was converted for use as a mini-storage warehouse in recent years. The conversion included the insertion of simple metal partitions that are readily reversible and retained the exposed steel roof truss system. Despite a fire that damaged the upper level in recent years and the alteration of the warehouse extension, the building continues to reflect its essential historic character and retains integrity. The building is in generally fair condition. Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company Warehouse (circa 1902) The Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company Warehouse is a rectangular brick warehouse building with a front-facing gable industrial metal roof. The building faces north and has a four bay wide and twelve bay deep core with a three bay wide and ten bay deep shed extension to the west (circa 1925) with a small frame addition to its rear (circa 1975). The principal façade of the core has paired six-over-six light windows in its first, second, and fourth bays. The east window at a similar window pair at the third bay was converted into a pedestrian entrance. The façade is visually divided by slightly projecting pilasters that rise to a flat, corbelled


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cornice below the gable end and a stepped corbelled cornice at the parapet line. The façade of the shed extension is of similar design with a central entrance flanked to either side by six-over-six light windows. The west elevation has segmental arched cargo entrances at its fifth, sixth, eighth, tenth, and eleventh bays, windows with transoms at its first through fourth bays, and short windows placed high on the wall in remaining bays. A covered cargo platform extends across the eight southern bays. The rear elevation has two central segmental arched cargo doors flanked by high-placed windows. The east elevation has an eight-over-eight light window at its northern bay and high-placed segmental arched windows at remaining bays. The interior of the building was not accessible for evaluation. The building has seen minimal alteration to its principal exterior appearance over time and retains integrity. It is in generally good condition. Archaeology An archaeological assessment of the study area was not completed as part of this project. However, given the nature of the area’s history, there is potential that subsurface remains could provide additional information about the historical development of the site.


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8. Statement of Significance Applicable National Register Criteria (Mark "x" in one or more boxes for the criteria qualifying the property for National Register listing)

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A Property is associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history.

B Property is associated with the lives of persons significant in our past.

C Property embodies the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction or represents the work of a master, or possesses high artistic values, or represents a significant and distinguishable entity whose components lack individual distinction.

D Property has yielded, or is likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.

Criteria Considerations (Mark "x" in all the boxes that apply) Property is:

A

Owned by a religious institution or used for religious purposes.

B removed from its original location.

C a birthplace or grave.

D a cemetery.

E a reconstructed building, object, or structure.

F a commemorative property.

G less than 50 years old or achieving significance

within the past 50 years.

Areas of Significance (Enter categories from instructions)

Transportation

Period of Significance

ca. 1902-1945

Significant Dates

ca. 1902, 1928

Significant Person (Complete only if Criterion B is marked above)

Cultural Affiliation

Architect/Builder

Birmingham Southern Railroad Freight Depot H.D. Jefferson, AL Mobile, Alabama Name of Property County and State

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Period of Significance (justification) The period of significance for the district extends from circa 1902, reflecting the construction of its earliest resource, until circa 1945 when the Birmingham Southern Freight Depot was modified to reflect its current appearance. Criteria Considerations (explanation, if necessary) N/A Statement of Significance Summary Paragraph (provide a summary paragraph that includes level of significance and applicable criteria) The Birmingham Southern Freight Depot Historic District is locally significant under Criterion A in the area of transportation. It's two contributing resources were constructed circa 1902 and in 1928 for the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company and the Birmingham Southern Railroad, respectively, and are both associated with rail transportation relating to the iron and steel industry in the Birmingham district. The Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company Warehouse (circa 1902) is the only resource documented in or near the Birmingham Railroad Reservation to have been built for TCI as part of its early iron industry in the area, having originally been constructed as a warehouse for the company's Linn Iron Works. The Birmingham Southern Railroad was chartered in 1899 to operate TCI's rail facilities and was spun off as a separate common carrier owned by TCI in 1918. The company built the Birmingham Southern Freight Depot on the site of the former Linn Iron Works in 1928. The depot served as the railroad's principal freight terminal until the mid-1970s. The TCI warehouse was used as a warehouse by the railroad after that time until circa 1938 and then intermittently afterwards. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Narrative Statement of Significance (provide at least one paragraph for each area of significance) Transportation The Birmingham Southern Freight Depot Historic District is of local significance in the area of Transportation as it includes two of only a small number of rail-related resources documented in or near the Birmingham Railroad Reservation. The Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company Warehouse was built circa 1902 as a warehouse for the company's Linn Iron Works and was converted for use as a railroad warehouse about the time the Birmingham Southern Railroad completed its adjacent freight depot in 1928. As documented by the Historic American Engineering Record, the Birmingham Railroad Reservation is defined as:

The beginning of city planning in Birmingham, the Railroad Reservation symbolizes the centrality of the railroad to the [Birmingham] District, forming the main artery of transportation into the early city and its surrounding manufacturing facilities.1

The resources are located two blocks west of the Birmingham Railroad Reservation.2 That H.A.E.R. study documented only two surviving train depots in downtown Birmingham: the L & N Station of 1952, a passenger depot, and the Seaboard Railroad and Freight Depot on 20th Street. It also recorded two Art Deco style street underpasses at 19th and 20th streets. It is unclear why the district was not extended to 13th Street to incorporate the Birmingham Southern Railroad Freight Depot, the Tennessee Coal and Iron Company Warehouse, and a similar underpass at 14th Street. Clearly, all three resources are related to the history of the railroads in downtown Birmingham. A study entitled 1 Historic American Buildings Survey. “Addendum to Railroad Reservation.” Undated. 2Ibid.


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“Birmingham District Railroads” completed for the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1992 recorded only five resources associated with the Birmingham Southern Railroad: the Arkadelphia Road Underpass, the Pratt City Yard & Shops, the Village Creek Bridge, a Railway Express Building, and a Freight Depot.3 The Freight Depot is listed as being located on 10th Street, although no documentation could be found to indicate that the Birmingham Southern operated a freight depot there. Whether or not the study simply located the freight depot in error, the Birmingham Southern Railroad Freight Depot remains as one of a handful of notable resources relating to the railroad in the Birmingham District. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Developmental history/additional historic context information (if appropriate) Linn Iron Works The Linn Iron Works was established as the Birmingham Foundry and Car Manufacturing Company by Charles Linn in 1877. Born in Finland to Swedish parents, Linn had parlayed a thirty-year maritime career, where he rose from cabin boy to captain, into successful business ventures after moving to Mobile, Alabama in 1836. In 1871, he relocated to Birmingham, where he founded the First National Bank. He established his factory shortly thereafter. In 1884, Enoch Ensley acquired the Linn Iron Works and the nearby Alice Furnace and formed the Pratt Coal and Iron Company. The Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company purchased Pratt Coal and Iron Company in 1886. Jefferson County and Birmingham, Ala. Historical and Biographical of 1887 notes that the Linn Iron Works was then “manufacturing as heavy machinery as any constructed south of the Ohio River.”4 The Linn Iron Works is listed as a manufacturer or train car wheels in the 1886 Directory of Iron and Steel Works of the United States and Canada.5 The Linn Iron Works is clearly depicted on an 1885 bird's eye map of Birmingham and on the 1888 Sanborn map as the “Tennessee Coal, Iron and R. R. Co. Linn Iron Works” with an office and boiler shop in the approximate location of the present freight depot, a machine shop and boiler shed to their north, a shop to their west, a and a large foundry attached to the south of the office, and several smaller ancillary buildings. The larger eastern portion of the foundry was destroyed in a March 1891 fire as indicated on an updated Sanborn map of that year. The Linn Iron Works was centrally located within a significant grouping or early iron-related industrial facilities that included the Alice Furnace and an associated rolling mill on adjacent blocks across the railroad to the southwest and a foundry on the adjacent block to the northeast, reported to be the site of the 1904 casting of Birminghamʼs statute of Vulcan. A 1900 history of the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company includes the following description of the Linn Iron Works:

This property of the Company is located in the heart of the City of Birmingham, on First avenue, between Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, and includes the who block, 400 feet square. On this are located a machine shop and pattern shop of brick, 175 by 60 feet, a boiler shop 142 by 52 feet, a blacksmith shop 52 by 40 feet, a locomotive shop 46 by 112 feet, a brass foundry 29 by 95 feet, a boiler and power plant, etc., and a brick office and supply house. The Birmingham Southern Railroad has a spur track into the works from its main line, thus giving the works a direct connection to the Company's plants at Ensley, Pratt City and Alice Furnaces. In addition,

3 Dr. Robert J. Kapach and Marjorie L. White, “Birmingham District Railroads” (Washington, DC: Historic American Engineering Record, 1992). 4 Jefferson County and Birmingham, Ala. Historical and Biographical (Birmingham, AL: F. W. Teeple & A. W. Smith, 1887) p. 248. 5 American Iron and Steel Institute, American Iron and Steel Association, Directory of iron and steel works of the United States and Canada, Volume 8 (Philadelphia, PA: American Iron and Steel Institute, 1886), p. 191.


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the railroad makes connection just outside the works with all railroads in the district. The works do all heavy repair work for the various plants of the Company in the District, and in addition as much outside work as they can profitably handle. In addition to repair work, these works have done a large amount of construction, such as blowing and hoisting engines, furnace parts, boilers and stacks, iron roofs, etc. As an example of this, the iron roof of the engine house at No. 1 Shaft, Pratt Mines Division, as well as the engines themselves, illustrated herein, are complete the products of these works. The works have a full complement of tools and all necessary equipment… The drafting office includes a valuable collection of drawings, the fruits of many years' labor and experience.6

A 1902 Sanborn maps shows similar conditions with the addition of a “foundation for a 2 st'y brick machine shop” at the northwest corner of the site corresponding to the present one-story brick warehouse. The latter building is shown on the 1911 Sanborn map as a one-story “Tennessee Coal, Iron and R. R. Co. ware ho.,” although it is depicted with a hipped roof. The Linn Iron Works continues to be listed in Birmingham city directories at 24 14th Street until 1929. The main factory complex was demolished about that time to accommodate construction of the present Birmingham Southern Freight Depot. City directories indicate that TCI used the warehouse until the circa 1938. It was rented to a succession of other businesses prior to again being used by TCI in the early 1950s. The warehouse is shown in its present form on a 1950 update of the 1911 Sanborn map as a wire rope warehouse for the T. C. I. & R. R. Co. Railroad. Birmingham Southern Railroad According to a 1992 study entitled “Birmingham District Railroads” completed for the Historic American Engineering Record:

The Birmingham Southern Railroad is the largest and most important privately owned railroad constructed in the Birmingham District. It is also the oldest. Furthermore, as one historian of the Birmingham Southern has shown, its position as an industry-owned railroad, that put itself forward as a common carrier, placed it in a role that helped shape the legal status of private railroads.7

The Pratt Coal and Coke Company was established in 1878 to produce coal and coke from the Pratt coal seam. The company soon constructed a railroad to link the coal fields with their Alice Furnace which began operations in downtown Birmingham in 1880 on a site southwest of this block. The Tennessee Coal and Iron Company (TC)) acquired the Pratt Coal and Coke Company in 1886. TCI expanded its rail lines to service its other facilities in the Birmingham District. The Birmingham Southern Railroad was chartered in 1899 to manage all of TCI's rail holdings in Alabama and was sold by TCI to the L&N and Southern Railroads later that year. Iron and steel industries of that era established their railroad holdings as private companies to allow them to be classified as common carriers that allowed them to negotiate more favorable rates for through traffic.

6 Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company (New York, BY: Isaac H. Blanchard Co., 1900), p. 133 7 Kapach and White, “Birmingham District Railroads.”


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TCI repurchased the Birmingham Southern Railroad from L&N and Southern in 1906 with the intent of expanding its rail lines. The company built a short extension between Ensley and Bessemer where it connected to the Atlanta, Birmingham and Atlantic Railroad. The linkage with the AB&A as a common carrier allowed the Birmingham Southern to again claim common carrier status. Despite protests from L&N and others that let to cases before both the Interstate Commerce Commission and the U.S. Supreme Court, the Birmingham Southern was eventually classified as a common carrier because, while the vast majority of its business was for TCI, it also provided through connections and services such as switching to other carriers. “Birmingham District Railroads” cites the Interstate Commerce Commission's report:

The Birmingham Southern had 940 freight cars, forty-two locomotives, six passenger cars (for employees and officers), and employed 591 persons. It served thirty-four independent industries on its route. Most of its traffic was within individual plants, and a mere 8,000 tons of steel billets per month, mainly from Ensley to Bessemer, were interplant shipments.8

In 1918, TCI split its rail holdings. All of its mine trackage and trackage within its industrial facilities were reorganized as a separate division of TCI and all of its common carrier facilities were retained by the Birmingham Southern. “Birmingham District Railroads” continues that “a Birmingham Southern memo claims that the Birmingham Southern was the first railroad in the country to entirely convert to diesel operation. While this claim might be a bit overdrawn, the dates of conversion to diesel (started in 1937 and completed by 1939) place the Birmingham Southern firmly in the ranks of pioneering efforts.”9 The Birmingham Southern Railroad Freight Depot was constructed in 1928 as evidenced by Jefferson County Board of Equalization records, although it was first listed in the Birmingham city directory of 1930.10 The building was built on the site of the old Linn Iron Works, which was operated by the Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company. The depot portion of the building was originally one story tall and of similar design to the existing building as indicated by photos taken in 1939 for the Board of Equalization. The second story was added circa 1945 and is clearly indicated on a 1950 update to a 1911 Sanborn map. The map also shows a smaller freight house located to the west across the projection of 13th Street that was later demolished. By 1950, city directories indicate that it was in use by the Birmingham Southern, Illinois Central, and Central of Georgia Railroads. By the 1960s, only the Illinois Central is listed at the site and by 1970 it was in use by the Gulf, Mobile, and Ohio Railroad. The building continued to serve as a freight depot until the mid 1970s.

8 Ibid. 9 Ibid. 10 Birmingham, Alabama, Birmingham Public Library, Jefferson County Board of Equalization Records.


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9. Major Bibliographical References Bibliography (Cite the books, articles, and other sources used in preparing this form) Alabama Biography, Writers of. History of Alabama and Her People. Chicago: The American Historical Society,

Inc., 1927. American Iron and Steel Institute, American Iron and Steel Association. Directory of iron and steel works of the

United States and Canada, Volume 8. Philadelphia, PA: American Iron and Steel Institute, 1886. Armes, Ethel. The Story of Coal and Iron in Alabama. Leeds, AL: Beechwood Books, 1987. Bennett, James R. Tannehill and the Growth of the Alabama Iron Industry. Alabama Historic Ironworks

Commission, 1999. Birmingham, Alabama. Birmingham Public Library. Jefferson County Board of Equalization Records. Chapman, H. H. The Iron and Steel Industries of the South. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press,

1953. Cruikshank, George. A History of Birmingham and its Environs. Volume II. Chicago: The Lewis Publishing

Company, 1920. Historic American Buildings Survey. “Addendum to Railroad Reservation.” Undated. Jefferson County and Birmingham, Ala. Historical and Biographical. Birmingham, AL: F. W. Teeple & A. W.

Smith, 1887. Kapach, Dr. Robert J. and Marjorie L. White. “Birmingham District Railroads” (Washington, DC: Historic

American Engineering Record, 1992. Morris, Philip A. and Marjorie L. White. Birmingham Bound: An Atlas of the South's Premier Industrial Region.

Birmingham, AL: Birmingham Historical Society, 1997. Norton, Bertha Bendall. Birmingham's First Magic Century. Bertha Bendall Norton, 1970. Owen, Marie Bankhead. History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography. Chicago : S.J. Clark

Publishing Co., 1921 Rogers, William Warren, et. al. Alabama: The History of a Deep South State. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of

Alabama Press, 1994. Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railroad Company. New York, BY: Isaac H. Blanchard Co., 1900. White, Marjorie Longenecker. The Birmingham District: An Industrial History and Guide. Birmingham, AL:

Birmingham Historical Society, 1981. Previous documentation on file (NPS): Primary location of additional data:

preliminary determination of individual listing (36 CFR 67 has been State Historic Preservation Office Requested) Other State agency previously listed in the National Register Federal agency previously determined eligible by the National Register Local government designated a National Historic Landmark University recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey #____________ Other recorded by Historic American Engineering Record # ____________ Name of repository:

Historic Resources Survey Number (if assigned): _____________________________________________________________________ 10. Geographical Data Acreage of Property 8.9 ac. (Do not include previously listed resource acreage) UTM References (Place additional UTM references on a continuation sheet) 1 16 517083 3707571 3 16 517309 3707608 Zone

Easting

Northing Zone

Easting

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2 16 517273 3707678 4 16 517119 3707506


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Verbal Boundary Description (describe the boundaries of the property) The nominated boundary is shown on an accompanying scaled map prepared from tax assessment maps for the Assessor’s Office for Jefferson County, Alabama and U.S.G.S topographic maps. Boundary Justification (explain why the boundaries were selected) The boundary includes the current tax parcels for each of the two nominated resources. 11. Form Prepared By

name/title David B. Schneider/Susan Enzweiler (reviewer)

organization Schneider Historic Preservation, LLC/Alabama Historical Comm. date 11/29/2010

street & number 411 E. 6th Street telephone 256-310-6320

city or town Anniston state AL zip code 36207

e-mail [email protected]


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Additional Documentation Submit the following items with the completed form:

• Maps: A USGS map (7.5 or 15 minute series) indicating the property's location.

A Sketch map for historic districts and properties having large acreage or numerous resources. Key all photographs to this map.

• Continuation Sheets

• Additional items: (Check with the SHPO or FPO for any additional items)

Photographs:

Submit clear and descriptive photographs. The size of each image must be 1600x1200 pixels at 300 ppi (pixels per inch) or larger. Key all photographs to the sketch map. Name of Property: Wadley Railroad Depot City or Vicinity: Wadley County: Randolph County State: AL Name of Photographer: David B. Schneider Date of Photographs: September 2010 Location of Original Digital Negatives: 411 E. 6th St., Anniston AL 36207 Photo #1 (AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_0001) Birmingham Southern RR Freight Depot, east facade (right) and north (left) elevation, camera facing west. Photo #2 (AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_0002) Birmingham Southern RR Freight Depot HD, camera facing northeast. Photo #3 (AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_0003) Birmingham Southern RR Freight Depot, west (left) and north (right) elevations, camera facing northeast. Photo #4 (AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_0004) Birmingham Southern RR Freight Depot, west (right) and south (left) elevations, camera facing east. Photo #5 (AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_0005) Birmingham Southern RR Freight Depot, north elevation, detail, camera facing west. Photo #6 (AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_0006) Birmingham Southern RR Freight Depot, interior, warehouse, camera facing southwest. Photo #7 (AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_0007) Birmingham Southern RR Freight Depot, interior, warehouse, camera facing southwest. Photo #8 (AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_0008) TCI & Railroad Co. Warehouse, north facade (left) and west (left) elevation, camera facing southeast. Photo #9 (AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_0009) TCI & Railroad Co. Warehouse, south facade, camera facing southeast.


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Photo #10 (AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD _0010) TCI & Railroad Co. Warehouse, west elevation, camera facing southeast. Photo #11 (AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_0011) TCI & Railroad Co. Warehouse, north facade (right) and east (left) elevation, camera facing S. Photo #12 (AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_0012) TCI & Railroad Co. Warehouse, north (right) and west (left) elevations, camera facing northwest. Photo #13 (AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_0013) TCI & Railroad Co. Warehouse, south (left) and east (right) elevations, camera facing north. Photo #14 (AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_0014) Garage, Camera Facing East. Property Owner:

(complete this item at the request of the SHPO or FPO)

name CSX Transportation, Inc.

street & number 500 Water Street telephone 904-359-3200

city or town Jacksonville state FL zip code 32202 Paperwork Reduction Act Statement: This information is being collected for applications to the National Register of Historic Places to nominate properties for listing or determine eligibility for listing, to list properties, and to amend existing listings. Response to this request is required to obtain a benefit in accordance with the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended (16 U.S.C.460 et seq.). Estimated Burden Statement: Public reporting burden for this form is estimated to average 18 hours per response including time for reviewing instructions, gathering and maintaining data, and completing and reviewing the form. Direct comments regarding this burden estimate or any aspect of this form to the Office of Planning and Performance Management. U.S. Dept. of the Interior, 1849 C. Street, NW, Washington, DC.


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U.S.G.S. Topographic Map

14th Street, Southwest Corner 1st Avenue North Birimgham, Jefferson County, Alabama

Birmingham Southern RR Freight Depot Historic District

Based on Scaled Drawing Reduction Scale Not Determined

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A: Birmingham Southern Railroad Freight Office (Contributing) B: TCI & Railroad Company Freight Warehouse (Contributing) C: Garage (Noncontributing)

14th Street, Southwest Corner 1st Avenue North Birimgham, Jefferson County, Alabama

Birmingham Southern RR Freight Depot Historic District

Based on Scaled Drawing Reduction Scale Not Determined

1st Avenue N

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13th St.

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Photo #1 Birmingham Southern RR Freight Depot, east facade(right) and north (left) elevation, camera facing westImage: AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_001Print: Epson Ultrachrome Ink on Premium Glossy Photo Paper

Photo #2 Birmingham Southern RR Freight Depot HD, camerafacing northeastImage: AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_004Print: Epson Ultrachrome Ink on Premium Glossy Photo Paper



Photo #4 Birmingham Southern RR Freight Depot, west (right) andsouth (left) elevations, camera facing eastImage: AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_004Print: Epson Ultrachrome Ink on Premium Glossy Photo Paper

Photo #3 Birmingham Southern RR Freight Depot, west (left) andnorth (right) elevations, camera facing northeastImage: AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_003Print: Epson Ultrachrome Ink on Premium Glossy Photo Paper



Photo #5 Birmingham Southern RR Freight Depot, north elevation,detail, camera facing westImage: AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_005Print: Epson Ultrachrome Ink on Premium Glossy Photo Paper

Photo #6 Birmingham Southern RR Freight Depot, interior,warehouse, camera facing southwestImage: AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_006Print: Epson Ultrachrome Ink on Premium Glossy Photo Paper



Photo #7 Birmingham Southern RR Freight Depot, interior,warehouse, camera facing southwestImage: AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_007Print: Epson Ultrachrome Ink on Premium Glossy Photo Paper

Photo #8 TCI & Railroad Co. Warehouse, north facade (left)and west (left) elevation, camera facing southeastImage: AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_008Print: Epson Ultrachrome Ink on Premium Glossy Photo Paper



Photo #9 TCI & Railroad Co. Warehouse, south facade,camera facing southeastImage: AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_009Print: Epson Ultrachrome Ink on Premium Glossy Photo Paper

Photo #10 TCI & Railroad Co. Warehouse, west elevation,camera facing southeastImage: AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_010Print: Epson Ultrachrome Ink on Premium Glossy Photo Paper



Photo #11 TCI & Railroad Co. Warehouse, north facade(right) and east (left) elevation, camera facing SImage: AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_011Print: Epson Ultrachrome Ink on Premium Glossy Photo Paper

Photo #12 TCI & Railroad Co. Warehouse, north (right) andwest (left) elevations, camera facing northwestImage: AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_012Print: Epson Ultrachrome Ink on Premium Glossy Photo Paper



Photo #13 TCI & Railroad Co. Warehouse, south (left) andeast (right) elevations, camera facing northImage: AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_013Print: Epson Ultrachrome Ink on Premium Glossy Photo Paper

Photo #14 Garage, Camera Facing EastImage: AL_JeffersonCo_BhmSouthernRRFreightHD_0014Print: Epson Ultrachrome Ink on Premium Glossy Photo Paper

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