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. The listing included 392 contributing buildings and three contributing structures.[1]

Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District
LocationRoughly bounded by Crest and Argyle and Altamont, Country Club, Salisbury, and Lanark Rds., Birmingham (also in Mountain Brook), Alabama
Coordinates33°30′04″N 86°46′30″W
Area333 acres (135 ha)
Built1911
Built byMultiple
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Renaissance, Chateauesque
NRHP reference No.85002719[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 3, 1985

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".[2]

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.[2]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. Shirley Quails; Tom Dolan (June 28, 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Red Mountain Suburbs Historic District / Redmont Park; Altamont; Milner Heights; Valley View". National Park Service. Retrieved May 30, 2018. With accompanying 33 photos from 1985
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