HISTORIC STRUCTURE REPORT 1029 GURNEE AVENUE “THE MURAL BUILDING”, Anniston, AL
Lord Aeck Sargent: A Katerra Company. 2020. HISTORIC STRUCTURE REPORT 1029 GURNEE AVENUE “THE MURAL BUILDING”, Anniston, AL. City of Anniston, Alabama. Anniston, Alabama
This HSR provides narrative, graphic, and physical information about the property’s history, development, and existing condition. The work involved in collecting this information included research, fi eld-measured drawings, and a visual assessment. The HSR also provides recommendations for the treatment of identified conditions and a conceptual scope of improvements to accommodate the desired future use(s). The building at 1029 Gurnee Avenue is alternatively called the “Mural Building” because of a 2011 mural of a Greyhound bus that commemorates the May 14, 1961 Freedom Riders event which partly occurred in the alley formed by this building and the adjacent Greyhound bus station. The building is importantly connected to the story of the Freedom Riders. The Greyhound bus that carried the Freedom Riders was blocked into the narrow alley created by the bus station and this building. The bus was only able to depart after the police arrived and cleared the way. The physical barrier created by this building is important to the way the story unfolded and provides an important context for the Freedom Riders National Monument, which was created in 2017.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Lord Aeck Sargent: A Katerra Company
- Date of Issue
- 2020-11-16
- Publisher
- City of Anniston, Alabama
- Units
- FRRI
- Keywords
- 1029 Gurnee Avenue, Alabama, Anniston, Historic Structure Report, Mural Building