National Register Listing
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Smithfield Historic District
a.k.a. Smithfield
Roughly bounded by Eighth Ave. N, Sixth St. N, Fourth Terr. N, and First St. N, Birmingham, AL Local significance of the district: Black; Architecture
Listed in National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
About National Register Listings
The National Register of Historic Places is the official list of the Nation’s historic places worthy of preservation. Authorized by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966, the National Park Service’s National Register of Historic Places is part of a national program to coordinate and support public and private efforts to identify, evaluate, and protect America’s historic and archeological resources.
The city of Anniston, Alabama was the site of one of the most violent incidents of the Civil Rights Era. In 1961, a bus carrying Freedom Riders, a group of civil rights activists, was attacked and set on fire by a mob in Anniston.