Northport Historic District
25th, 26th, 28th and 30th Aves., Main, 5th, and 6th Sts., Northport, Alabama
Map
Coordinates:
+33.22081, -87.5841133°13'15" N, 87°35'03" W
Quadrangle map:Tuscaloosa
Description
This structure represents the railroads in the District and the vital part they played in opening up mining areas, moving raw materials to processing plants and finished goods to markets. / This curved wooden trestle bridge with steel center span stretches across the Warrior River between Tuscaloosa and Northport, serving as the western boundary of the commercial portion of the Northport National Register Historic District. After crossing the Warrior River on a series of concrete reinforced sandstone piers, the trestle bridge -- a two deck truss with a through truss -- passes through a city park and just west of the site of Alabama's second Capitol, now Capitol Park, headed to the M. & O. Shop and Yard, and points beyond.
-- Historic American Engineering Record (HAER AL-12)
National Register information
Note: The following information comes from the NRHP database and has not been verified.
- Status
- Posted to the National Register of Historic Places on May 1, 1980
- Reference number
- 80000736
- Architectural style
- Mixed architectural types
- Areas of significance
- Commerce; Architecture
- Level of significance
- State
- Evaluation criteria
- A - Event; C - Design/Construction
- Property type
- District
- Historic functions
- Department store; Religious structure; Single dwelling; Restaurant; Specialty store; Warehouse; Business
- Current functions
- Religious structure; Single dwelling
- Periods of significance
- 1900-1924; 1875-1899; 1850-1874; 1825-1849
- Significant years
- 1840; 1925
- Number of properties
- Contributing buildings: 103
Non-contributing buildings: 31