Cloverdale-Idlewild
Cloverdale-Idlewild is a neighborhood in Montgomery, Alabama. It is circumscribed by Edgemont Street, Norman Bridge Road, Fairview Avenue, and Audubon Road.
History
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ Julie Arrington. "New buyers sold on old neighborhoods." Knight Ridder Tribune Business News 30 January 2006 1. http://www.proquest.com/ (accessed July 14, 2011).
- ^ "Neighborhood History". Cloverdale-Idlewild Association. Archived from the original on March 27, 2012. Retrieved September 10, 2011.