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“Glenwood, the Beautiful,” 1913
Jemison & Co. continued to sell lots in Mountain Ter- race and boast of its merits as a premier Birmingham res- idential address, billing the firm’s new addition as in “the center of social life in Birmingham.” These 20 lots continue westward from 42nd Street along Cliff Road as it rises along the mountainside and circles “the Glenwood Loop” to Altamont Road.
Completion of this western connection of Cliff and Altamont Roads was celebrated with fanfare on July 12,
1913.20 Firm publicists noted that the Glenwood loop pres- ents “a continuous paved highway along the side and top of Red Mountain which is nearly three miles in length and which connects the most desirable residential section of Red Mountain.”21 That all might not have been well is noted in a newspaper ad that mentioned that lots in Glenwood were selling for half the average price of lots in the area.22 (Bir- mingham Realty Co. was offering many lower-priced lots for sale in the area.)
Mountain Terrace as viewed from Glenwood. The Jemison Magazine, April 1913. BPL Archives.
At work building Cliff Road, up to Glenwood, 1913. BPL Archives.
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