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{{short description|Historic district in Alabama, United States}}
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{{Infobox NRHP
| name         = Morris Avenue–First Avenue North Historic District
| nrhp_type    = hd
| image        = 2100s 1st Avenue Birmingham Nov 2011.jpg
| caption      = 2100 block of 1st Avenue North in 2011
| location     = 2000–2400 blocks of Morris Ave. and 2100–2500 blocks of First Ave. N., [[Birmingham, Alabama]]
| coordinates  = {{coord|33|30|58|N|86|48|05|W|display=inline,title}}
| locmapin     = USA Alabama Birmingham#Alabama#USA
| architect    = [[William C. Weston]]; [[Miller & Martin (architects)|Miller & Martin]]
| architecture = Beaux Arts, Art Deco, Italianate
| added        = January 9, 1986
| area         = {{convert|9|acre|ha}}
| refnum       = 86000009<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2010a}}</ref>
| nocat        = yes
}}
The '''Morris Avenue Historic District''' is an industrial district in [[Birmingham, Alabama]]. The district covers Morris Avenue from 20th Street to 25th Street and First Avenue from 21st to 26th Street. The Morris Avenue section comprises a set of late 19th century masonry warehouses that were Birmingham's main food distribution center until the 1950s.<ref name=nrhpinv1>{{cite web|last1=Floyd|first1=W. Warner|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Morris Avenue Historic District|url={{NRHP url|id=73000349}}|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=13 August 2015|date=October 12, 1972}}</ref> The First Avenue section of the district comprises a mixed neighborhood of late 19th century offices and warehouses, built shortly after the Morris Avenue development. The combined areas include 63 contributing structures, of the 69 buildings in the district. Notable buildings include the Liberty Trouser Building and the A.C. Legg Building on Morris Avenue on either side of the Moskowitz Warehouse. On First Avenue the Birmingham Realty Building and the A.A. Adams Realty Building, as well as the Goodall-Brown Building are notable.<ref name=nrhpinv2>{{cite web|last1=King|first1=Pamela Sterne|last2=Mertins|first2=Ellen|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory – Nomination Form: Morris Avenue/First Avenue Historic District|url={{NRHP url|id=86000009}}|publisher=National Park Service|accessdate=13 August 2015|date=August 31, 1981}}</ref>
The Morris Avenue district was placed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] on April 24, 1973.<ref name="nris"/> It was incorporated into the Morris Avenue–First Avenue district on January 9, 1986.<ref name="nris"/>
==References==
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==External links==
* {{HABS |survey=AL-966 |id=al1076 |title=Morris Avenue Warehouse District, 2000-2400 blocks of Morris Avenue & 2100-2500 blocks of First Avenue, North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL |photos=3 |color= |dwgs= |data=4 |cap=1}}
* {{HABS |survey=AL-966 |id=al1076 |title=Birmingham Realty Company Building, 2118 First Avenue North, Birmingham, Jefferson County, AL |photos=1 |color= |dwgs= |data=5 |cap=1 |link=no}}
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[[Category:Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama]]
[[Category:Neoclassical architecture in Alabama]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures completed in 1890]]
[[Category:Historic districts in Jefferson County, Alabama]]
[[Category:Historic American Buildings Survey in Alabama]]
[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Birmingham, Alabama]]
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