The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-04-24
Ele0entf Avenues Ledfy PIANO.
rama Adds To City'S Beauty


background which is altogether perfect.
Flowers are growing along the avenue !:
bright crimson roses make great splashes
of color against many of the verandahs.
and climbing over one residence of colo
NAL yellow and white clematic gives
NAL yellow and white a clematis gives
gorgeous contrast.
But at this season it is the trees es-
pecially which make the boulevard beau
tiful. AS far as the eye can reach is
this curtain of vivid green at either side
ana as one nears Twelfth street they al
most meet in a canopy of thick green
The cars passing through it are envel-
oped in shade.
Making the entrance to the avenue on
the Twelfth street car, the view is most
attractive. The pretty South Highland
Methodist church which was completed
In the last twelvemonth, gives dignity
and beauty to that section of the town.
1t is one of the prettiest structures on
the southside and stands on a lot which
is ideal from the standpoint of location.
Opposite across the little Highland cir
Gle. which was but recently made
prim and orderly spot for the cars to
pass through, is the residence if Mr.. and
Mrs. r. s. Munger, one of the hand
soonest places in the city. 1t is a pleasure
70 look at after the cares of a summer
day. with its rolling lawns its trees.
massed by the hand of an artist and
chosen by one who understands eff
fects of decoration and shade-giving
power as well. Trees, grass and flowers
are always fresh and seool. The chang
ing seasons bring new beauties to the
place, for the gardeners take every ad-
vantage of blossom time to have rich
and delicate blooms always in flower.
whether they be the fragrant bulbs of
winter and early spring, roses in every
season that they may be coaxed to
flower, snowballs and lilies, or the bril-
liant SALIVA.
AT certain seasons the lawn is broken
with beds of brilliant crimson, yellow
and green colias, while at other times
hyacinths raise their delicately tinted
spikes and give out fragrance that is
waited to the streets. The Munger prop
erty occupies half block the home,
and opposite wide driveway. the garage,
are surrounded with spaces of living
green, and a background of shrubbery
and trees dhich gives a perfect setting
for the white buildings. A photograph
of the home and its surroundings in the
Age-Herald today shows the Methodist
church across the way. Mr.. and Mrs.
Munger, by the way, are among the
staunchest members of this church, and
give it their support with an enthusiasm
which is shared by their children.
Further down the avenue is the cor
ner residence erected by DR.. j. I. Coul-
bourne, and formerly the Coulbourne
home, but he has built near Highland
avenue and the Eighteenth street res
idence is occupied by Mrs. Lille Sloss.
1t is another shaded dwelling which al
ways looks inviting, but is lovler than
ever with its canopy of green. The
house is a stucco creation and very pleas
ing architectually.
On the same side of the street. and a
l. l..
dence, I'LL South Seventeenth street II
Is a red brick structure with comfortable
verandas effected in the contrasting
white, while within. the furnishings
and decorations are notably artistic. A
flower garden in the rear and on the
side add TO its attraction as home. Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Hidens home ON one
of the corners of Seventeenth street, is
always attractive, Mr.. Hiden giving his
personal attention to the arrangement
of the gardens which at this season are
especially interesting with abundance of
crimson blooms.
A house that creates possibly more
notice than any one on the avenue, is
the little gray stone cottage of Mr.. and
Mrs. Clark Williams, number 1905 Elev-
enth avenue. 1t is picturesque and
charming with it's soft dull. tints and
set in a frame of green. Adjoining Is
the pretty green cottage of Mr. and Mrs.
d. l.. Nruict, OHe Oh the lew ODe-SlOfy
homes on the avenue, and as picturesque
a cottage as may be found.
And so one finds a succession of'pretty
dwellings along Eleventh avenue; too
numerous to mention all the attractive
ones, indeed; there is the block between
Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets, high
er than the rest, and with beautifully ter
raced lawns; the center of this is the
Shepard residence, but the others are
pretty examples of the Birmingham
home as we'll The Fox place, and the
Cooper Hodges residence, where the cars
turn at Twelfth, and beyond the j. A.
Yates residence, and near it Mr.. and Mrs.
L. J. Haley's home, both opposite Mr..
and Mrs. E, n. Cullom's handsome home
with a score of others, all show the in
f1uence of care and interest bestowed
in keeping a place beautiful after the
architects have finished with it, Eleventh
avenue plays no small part in the beauti-
fication of Birmingham