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Oak Hill Cemetery

Birmingham's Historic Cemetery

       Call 205-251-6532 for more information.
Updated Calendar:
2012
Saturday, March 17: Work Day
We will be pruning and fixing culverts as well as hauling off debris piles.

Sunday, April 22, 5PM to ?: Heritage Day Pot Luck

Saturday, May 5, 10—3PM: Preservation Workshop
Featuring our esteemed trustee Pam King and Charles Thomas, expert mason and preservationist. Also, a tour of the cemetery.

Saturday, October 6, Time TBD: First Annual and First in the Country Walker Run
More information coming!

The Fall Tour:      October 13
    Guided tours featuring some of Birmingham famous, infamous, and ordinary early pioneers. This family-friendly event is from Noon until 6:00 pm. Please call 205-251-6532 to reserve your time and for more information.

Wednesday, November 15— Annual Meeting

2013

Saturday, February 2 — Calico Ball After Party at Avondale Brewery.

In 1871 the City of Birmingham purchased from the Elyton Land Company 21.5 acres of land for a city cemetery (later named Oak Hill). The deed was issued December 29, 1873. As the first city cemetery, Oak Hill became the resting place for virtually all of the Birmingham pioneers.
Oak Hill Cemetery has been placed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage. Oak Hill Cemetery was also placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1977. It was the first cemetery in the State of Alabama to be listed on this prestigious register.

Pioneer Memorial Building

Oak Hill Memorial Association

1120 North 19^th Street

Birmingham, Alabama 35234

(205) 251-6532

For information, contact the Director, Stuart Oates

We solicit and publish stories relating to Birmingham, Oak Hill Cemetery, and the people interred there. If you have information or ties to anyone at Oak Hill and would like to preserve and distribute that information, please submit copies here.

Questions about this site? Contact Dennis Brooks

Last Update 05/16/2011