The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-08-16
HOMES ALONG BIRMING4AMS
 MOST POPULAR BOULEVARD ROUTE|
4 DRIVE AROUND HIGHLAND AVE DlscLosEs SUCCESSION OF RES IpzNCES-oRlGiNALlTY IS THE
 KEYNoTE-soclAL NOTES, ETC.
By MYRTLE MILES.
(TelephOnes: Bell 116o, Peoples 2e9.)

(Telephones: Bell 116o, Peoples 2e9)
 Highland avenue was never more love-
 ly than now. The trees along it's sinuous
 course lend a grateful shade from the
 heat of summer, the flowers with their
 mass of riotous blooms give the most pie turesque touch of color the neat lawns
 and even along the car tracks. grass plots
 showing the most painstaking attention;
 surely here is a boulevard of which any city may well be proud. This is an au- tomobile course which, though short, is frequented by all the local enthusiasts not alone because of it's even smoothness.
 but that every aspect of it pleases the most aesthetic taste.
 Of late years building has never ceased along the avenue. Now there are few residence lots unimproved. Some there are, but soon even they will be occupied by other stately homes. A lot that has
 been admired to almost a covetous degree, now that so few remain, it has been learned, will before many more months be the site on which the prospective J. D. Moore residence will stand. conspie- uous corner, spacious and high, marks the spot which will later be the home of MT. and Mrs Frank Nelson They plan a Scottish castle, which will differ arch itecturally from the many beautiful styles to be found The avenue is es- sentially a place of continuous surprises. A bungalow here, a colonial home next, perhaps, and ever and anon the stuceo cottage lending itself to almost any plan.
 Highland avenue, considered by the peo- pie of Birmingham it's handsomest residence avenue and famed abroad for it's natural beauties, really begins at the corner of Twentieth street and Twelfth avenue. A fitting entrance to it is the new apartment house, Terrace Court, now nearing completion on one of its corners. This will be the handsomest apartment house in the city, and is strikingly orig inal in design. Built of Columbus brick, with neat enclosing wall of the same material, and with it's central court to be later covered with grass and flowers, it will add an interest to the surrounding neighborhood. The other corners are oc- cupied respectively by the homes of Dr. J. S. Gillespie, MT. John W. Tomlinson and Dr. F. E. Davidson. Dr. and Mrs. Gillespie's home Is built of yellow brick with trimmings of white. The spacious lawn with it's pretty flower gardens sug- gests an equally attractive interior, and one is not disappointed. The home of MT. and Mrs. John W. Tomlinson is one of the oldest on the avenue, as well as one of the loveliest. The house and its surroundings suggest rest in cool and shady places Green in natures coolest l shades prevails from the wide lawns, trees and shrubs to the dull green of the house itself Something of this idea is carried out further along the avenue in the home of MT. and Mrs. E. H. Cab aniss. There are no prettier gardens in Birmingham than may be found on their corner, and in their charming circular yard Much of Mrs. Cabanss' time of late years has been spent in endeavoring to produce a pretty scenic effect in her lawn, and she has succeeded admirably. The arrangement of the shrubs and trees, with some clinging vines and dotted in just the most suitable places with Towering plants, would be a credit to any land- scape gardener. Here one finds, as in the Tomlinscn place, a suggestion of surcease from care. The fourth corner of the en- trance to Highland avenue, the spot chosen by pr. Davidson for his residence is surmounted by a red brick residence which bespeaks substantial comfort in it's every appointment. The home of MT. and Mrs J. W. Roland within the same block is one of the most splendid ex- amples in the city of the pure colonial. The creamy yellow bricks are given an extra touch of light in the white columns and heavy balustrades, with decorations of white balls of massive type. The colonial scheme Is continued within the dwelling, where the lines in furniture and draperies are severely simple and straight. Another handsome residence in the block is that of MT. and Mrs. Alexander Lon don, brick structure to be found on the corner facing the quaint little gray church of the Highland Presbyterians. The London place is built of dark red bricks, with a trimming of somber green.
 An attractive feature is the conservatory, In which there is a beautiful collection of plants. MT. London is an amateur horticulturist of talent, and has exhibited his roses in contests in days gone by. The house within reflects Mrs. London's charming personality. There are few places with more pleasing interior Both MT. and Mrs. London are artistic in tenn perament, and they are the possessors of many rare bits of brie-a-brac. Theressare also a number of handsome pictures on their walls, some of them ancestral and others modern. The home of MT and Mrs. W. H. Messenger, standing next to that of MT. and Mrs. Roland, is a superb ly constructed edifice, developed in yell low brick and affording a pleasant con-