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Important Roebuck Springs Dates:
1907 - Major Donovan House constructed
on Exeter Drive as possible prototype home for development.
1910 - Eastlake Land Company established
Roebuck Springs as Birmingham's first "garden suburb"
and begins large scale marketing effort.
1913 - Roebuck Country Club completed
and later named Roebuck Golf and Auto Club.
1917 - Wilson Chapel built in the English
Arts and Crafts style. First services held on Easter Sunday.
1923 - Last year Roebuck Springs used
as residential water source for the area.
1926 - Ridge Top addition to the Roebuck
Springs development now known as Roebuck Springs Land Company.
1927 - 1930's - Original club house
at Roebuck Golf Club burns and the city of Birmingham acquires property
1930s - 1940s - Residents reject proposals
for sidewalks and streetlights through the Works Progress Administration.
1960s - Interstate 59 construction
separates Roebuck Springs development from the Roebuck Golf Course
area.
1980s - First book on Roebuck Springs
by Mildred Hearn published and first National Registry application
completed.
1990s - City of Birmingham and Roebuck
Springs leaders implement plans for all estate (E-1) zoning.
1996 - First meeting of the Roebuck
Springs Historic Preservation Society.
1999- Roebuck Springs Historic District
added to the National Registry of Historic Places. First Historic
Home and Garden Tour a success.
1999 - Roebuck Springs Historic Preservation
Society wins award recognition by the Jefferson County Historical
Commission and the Birmingham Historical Society.
2000 - Roebuck Springs Historic Preservation
Society receives non-profit incorporation and elects first officers
and board of directors.
2000 - Roebuck Springs and South Roebuck
neighborhood named the Birmingham Neighborhood of the Year. First
Historic Gala entitled "Jump, Jive & Swing in Roebuck Springs"
held at Gabrella Manor.
2001- Second Historic Home & Garden
Tour spotlights other historic homes in the district.
2002 - On March 26th the Birmingham
City Council officially designates Roebuck Springs as the city's
5th local historic district.
2002 - Roebuck Springs Historic Preservation
Society sponsors local historic preservation conference entitled
"Appreciating the Past: Building for the Future."
2003 - Third Historic Home and Garden Tour spotlights historic homes and gardens.
2004 - First annual neighborhood picnic held in June.
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