BUCK CARRIAGE HOUSE

                                                                                                                                      

LEE-PRAIG HOUSE (c. 1850), 1019 21st Avenue and GLASCOCK HOUSE (c. 1844), 1109 21st Avenue

E.N.C. SNOW HOUSE (c. 1830), 2414 8th Street

Henry Wellge 1885 map of Birmingham 1885 City View Map | 310 Pythian Place (wordpress.com)

HISTORY OF TUSCALOOSA BY W.C. RICHARDSON History of Tuscaloosa County Alabama (genealogytrails.com)

PINEHURST https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_AL/86001229.pdf

DOWNTOWN HISTORIC DISTRICT  https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/86001084_text

 I found an August 20, 1891 Tuskaloosa Gazette letter from R.C. McCalla, City Engineer to Tuscaloosa's mayor and city aldermen. He had to do a survey of the southwest corner of the original Tuscaloosa. He found that there was no point of origin for the city survey so accuracy was impossible. From his description, I believe he established the first points of origin for his city survey in the middle of present-day University Boulevard and Greensboro Avenue. The land north of 4th Street to the river had never been surveyed so he suggested surveying it. It's a long letter but here is a portion. Outside of the lots on Greensboro and University, property owners all over town had taken adverse possession of public right of way and obstructed the streets with fences, shacks, etc.

 

 1. MLK, Jr. Blvd. - WEST MARGIN STREET
2. 31st Ave.- BEAVER STREET
3. 30th Ave.- DEER STREET
4. 29th Ave.- BROWN STREET
5. 28th Ave.- JACKSON STREET
6. 27th Ave.- FRANKLIN STREET
7. Lurleen B. Wallace, S.- JEFFERSON STREET
8. Lurleen B. Wallace, N.- WASHINGTON STREET
9. Greensboro Ave.- MARKET STREET
10. 23rd Ave.- MONROE STREET
11. 22nd Ave.- MADISON STREET
12. 21st Ave.- COLLEGE STREET (in 1837, the street was named ADAMS STREET)
13. 20th Ave.- YORK STREET
14. 19th Ave.- BEAR STREET
15. Queen City Ave.- EAST MARGIN STREET (later, QUEEN CITY STREET)
16. 3rd St.- SPRING STREET
17. 4th St.- PINE STREET
18. University Boulevard- BROAD STREET
19. 6th St.- COTTON STREET
20. 7th St.- UNION STREET
21. 8th St.- PIKE STREET
22. 9th St.- LAUDERDALE STREET
23. Bryant Dr.- LAWRENCE STREET
24. 11th St.- OAK STREET
25. 12th St.- WALNUT STREET
26. 13th St.-  LOCUST STREET
27. 14th St.- CHESTNUT STREET
28. 15th St.- SOUTH MARGIN STREET (later, CRESCENT CITY AVENUE)