Draft:Birmingham Iron Age
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Birmingham Iron Age was a newspaper for whites in Birmingham, Alabama and Jefferson County, Alabama[1] from 1874 to 1901.
The newspaper merged with Rufus N. Rhodes' Daily Herald November 8, 1888 to form the Birmingham Age-Herald. The building features high Victorian Italianate architecture.[2] In 1901 Alabama instituted a new constitution to disenfranchise African Americans.
In 2020 the newspaper's building was purchased and a redevelopment plan launched.[3] The building is at 212 20th Street North and was constructed in 1886. It is one of two surviving cast-iron building fronts in Birmingham. The Zinser Building is the other. The newspaper's 3-story building was also home to The Birmingham Age-Herald.[4]
Issues have been digitized and are available online.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Harris, Carl V. (9 November 2022). Segregation in the New South: Birmingham, Alabama, 1871–1901. ISBN 9780807178898.
- ^ "A look inside the newly-renovated Iron Age Building in Birmingham (PHOTOS) | Bham Now". bhamnow.com. July 2, 2020.
- ^ Scarborough, Chip (July 2, 2020). "Birmingham's Iron Age building gets new life" – via www.wvtm13.com.
- ^ Tomberlin, Michael (November 9, 2011). "Birmingham's Iron Age building to get paint, possible future renovation". al.
- ^ "CONTENTdm". digital.archives.alabama.gov.