These files include some details about construction, sometimes date a house or building, and often include photographs and information on previous owners. A parcel identification number is needed to retrieve these files. This is a good source for tracing the occupants of a house or building over time. Newspaper clipping files, which are arranged by subject, are good sources of information on prominent local houses or buildings, on towns and cities, neighborhoods, people, businesses, churches, and schools. Floor plans, blueprints, and names of architects for most houses and buildings are not available at the Library.
Interior photographs are also rare.
The Birmingham Public Library.