Cloverdale-Idlewild
Cloverdale-Idlewild is a neighborhood in Montgomery, Alabama. It is circumscribed by Edgemont Street, Norman Bridge Road, Fairview Avenue, and Audubon Road.[citation needed]
History[edit]
The neighborhood is built on land occupied by John Gindratt, who acquired the land in 1817 and established a plantation there. His house stood where Mastin Lane runs today.[1] The next notable occupant in the area was John B. Mastin, who built a family home called "Fairview," for which Fairview Avenue is named; Mastin Lane is named for the family.[2]
The Cloverdale-Idlewild neighborhood was developed in the 1930s.[2] The area has been experiencing a resurgence in recent years as part of a trend of people moving away from suburbia and into cities.[3]
The neighborhood was designated a local historic district by the city in 2001.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Neeley, Mary Ann; Blue, Matthew Powers (2010). The Works of Matthew Blue: Montgomery's First Historian. Montgomery: NewSouth. p. 92. ISBN 978-1-58838-031-9.
- ^ a b King, Carole A.; Pell, Karren I. (2010). Montgomery's Historic Neighborhoods. Arcadia. pp. 117–29. ISBN 978-0-7385-8620-5.
- ^ Arrington, Julie (30 January 2006). "New buyers sold on old neighborhoods". Knight Ridder Tribune Business News. ProQuest 463006905.
- ^ "Neighborhood History". Cloverdale-Idlewild Association. Archived from the original on March 27, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2011.