The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-12
GLEN IRIS RESIDENCES
 AND ST. CHARLES PLEA
BY ETHEL ARMIES.

Glen Iris sweeps along Red mountains s base between Highland park and St. Charles street; a long rise and fall of green. oval-shaped tree grown, graceful not alone in quality of line and of de- sign. but fin the placing and building of the houses there and all the look of things about fl.
 The house that Is the most majestic of all In the city, the most durable by far and most superb is that designed by MT. '. ". Walter, the home of MT. and Mrs Robert Jemison.
 From the hilrs crest, looking down from the mine at Valley View, just the other side of the new tlpple, 1t looks like a Greek temple standing in noble re- lief against far field and wood.
 None of the other houses can be seen from that distance and eminenee to quite the same advantage.
 Just to the left of this house Is an- other house, also in Colonial style; the home of Mir. and Mrs. ". P. c. Harding. designed. too, by Mir Walter. This is picturesque, most homelike and utterly charming.
 Almost every space in the park has now been taken up and four new houses re- gently built. The latest to be completed is the home of MT. and Mrs R. M. Good all. This adjoins the handsome resi- dence of Major and Mrs Frazier and is, like an English home, suuarely and solidly buit-bult to last-and too, after the Colonial pattern and of red brick with stately white coumned portlco.
 MT. ]. s. Yancey Is building now on the next lot then there is a vacant wood ed space and comes In true mission style the beautiful home of pr. and Mrs, J. T. Harwell
 This was designed by Miller & Martin, the architects of the Country club, firm whose genuinely artistic handiwork is becoming a feature of such worth and value to the city.
 Another house now In construction In the park is that of pr. Robinson, be- tween the homes of MT. Robert Jemison, Jr., and MT. Gillespy.
 Close to the entrance gates are the homes of Dr. and Mrs. Morrow and MT. and Mrs. B. r. Tyler.
 Just outside of the gates on Virginia avenue is the new home of MT and Mrs. William Mudd Walker, and two doors beyond delightful little English cot tage, designed by Miller x Martin, very Ike the CnarnlnR nOineb III pts 'Vii" Wood and other London suburbs. rms is the home of the English landscape gar dener. MT Huffman. He has Glen Iris park in charge, and numbers of other South Highland places.
 A stones throw off, on the site where, three years ago. was the dilapdated old shack of dairy man has been erected the residence of Colonel Graves, and to It's right the home of MT and Mrs F. D. Smith.
 St. Charles street is also being rapidly built up Apropos of this little street. there Is grave lncident-lately.
 It is one of the shortest streets in Bir- mlngham: beginning in Richmond place, it climbs its red clay length up the hill above Twelfth avenue, and then makes a dash for the mountain.
 It was named several years ago by Mr. Edward Northcroft Cullom, who built up all that section out of virgin wilderness but short while ago, and he named this street for his youngest son, Charles. A few weeks ago when Colonel Graves placed the two columns on the avenue leading to his residence. he had painted in large, black letters a new name for St. Charles street. He rechrstened 1t in fact in honor of his daughter, and made 1t "Florida avenue" Furthermore, these serious matters were complicated yet more by also adding a 'Waverly Place.