About this property
Arlington Park in Birmingham, Alabama, United States, also known as Arlington-West End Historic District, is a historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1926. The listing included 68 contributing buildings on about 50 acres (20 ha). The contributing buildings were all built during 1920 to 1929. The district is L-shaped and includes 800–840 First Street West, 815–909 Second Street West and 100–269 Munger Avenue. It is adjacent to Birmingham's only antebellum farmhouse, the Mudd-Munger House, also known as "Arlington", and is on lands formerly part of that farm/estate. It is bounded "on the southeast by the tracks of the Southern (now Norfolk-Southern) Railroad, on the west by Fourth Street (earlier Montevallo Road), on the north by Cotton Avenue, and on the east by the alley between First and Center Streets West. Interior boundaries are formed by McMillon Avenue and Second Street that border the Arlington House's grounds." It includes a work by architects Miller, Martin & Lewis, the Munger-Barr House, at 815 Second Street, built in 1920. It is a two-and-a-half storey English or Tudor-influenced house, built for Robley Charles Munger. It includes a stucco-over-concrete block house built as a demonstration house by the Lehigh Portland Cement Company.
Location
Categories
Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).
Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Everything a full report reveals about Arlington Park
This page lists Arlington Park. A full Aubrey report for an address near it pulls together this listing alongside battlefield records, land patents, and every other historical record within a chosen radius:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Questions about this property
When was Arlington Park listed on the National Register?
Arlington Park was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on February 17, 1995.
What type of historic resource is Arlington Park?
Arlington Park is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.
What is the period of significance for Arlington Park?
The period of significance for Arlington Park is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1920.
Can I research the history near Arlington Park?
Yes. Aubrey Research reports search National Register listings, battlefield records, land patents, and other primary historical sources within any radius of a US address. A report for an address near Arlington Park will include this listing and all other historical records in the area.
More in Jefferson County
Historic places, battles, and census history across Jefferson County.
Explore JeffersonCounty ›Research the history near this site
An Aubrey US report for an address near Arlington Park will include this listing alongside battlefield records and other historical sources within your chosen radius.