Morris Avenue Warehouse District, 2000-2400 blocks of Morris Avenue & 2100-2500 blocks of First Avenue, North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL

Significance: This concentration of warehouses in Birmingham's oldest and most important warehouse and jobbing district testifies to the importance of railroads to the commerce of the early city. The district documents the development of warehousing design and technology from small scale, load bearing wall buildings through the larger scale, steel and concrete reinforced structures with vast expanses of industrial windows.
Survey number: HABS AL-966