Pinehurst Historic District (Tuscaloosa, Alabama)

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Pinehurst Historic District
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Location215 and 305 17th Ave., 1--28 Pinehurst Dr., and 6--9 N. Pinehurst Dr., Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Coordinates 33°12′48″N87°33′29″W / 33.21333°N 87.55806°W / 33.21333; -87.55806
Area12.5 acres (5.1 ha)
Built1908
ArchitectC.W. Ayers, et al.
Architectural style Colonial Revival, Prairie School, Tudor Revival
NRHP reference No. 86001229 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJune 5, 1986
Designated ARLHApril 11, 1984 [2]

The Pinehurst Historic District in Tuscaloosa, Alabama is a residential historic district which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986. [1] The listing included 17 contributing buildings and nine non-contributing ones. [3]

It was developed as Tuscaloosa's first garden landscaped residential area, during 1908 to 1935. It was Tuscaloosa's first affluent housing development and includes homes designed by local architects C.W. Ayers and Harry Harring, and one by Birmingham architect William Welton. Features of the garden landscaped residential suburb movement exemplified here include: "a landscape design that relates to the topography, natural plantings, curvilinear streets (represented here by a cul-de-sac), lack of fences, and barriers to through traffic. [3]

It includes 215 and 305 Seventeenth Ave., 1--28 Pinehurst Dr., and 6--9 N. Pinehurst Dr. in Tuscaloosa. [3]

The contributing buildings are:

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "ALABAMA REGISTER OF LANDMARKS & HERITAGE" (PDF). ahc.alabama.gov. Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Betsy Tierce Hayslip; Tom Dolan (October 1985). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pinehurst Historic District". National Park Service . Retrieved November 13, 2019. With accompanying eight photos from 1985-86