South Court Street is a major thoroughfare in

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. It runs north and south ending at Courthouse Square on its north end (beyond which the street continues as North Court Street, which terminates near the

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, north of Montgomery). It runs south until it becomes

U.S. Route 331 U.S. Route 331 (US 331) is a spur of U.S. Route 31. It currently runs for from Santa Rosa Beach, Florida east of Fort Walton Beach at US 98 to Montgomery, Alabama at US 80 and US 82. Unlike US 131, US 231, and US ...

. A renovation project was moving towards completion in 2022. A Korean War Memorial is at 108 South Court Street. The Freedom Rides Museum is at 210 South Court Street. The

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has

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(HABS) photographs of the Gilmer-Shorter-Lomax House at 235 South Court Street and of the Greyhound Bus Station at 210 South Court Street. The Montgomery County Historical Society and Family Research Center, built in 1837, is at 512 South Court Street. The grounds of the

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also run along South Court Street, although the street address of the mansion is on the parallel Perry Street. Montgomery 1887

Hillcrest Manor Bed and Breakfast is at 1632 South Court Street. Memorial Presbyterian Church is at 3424 South Court Street. The Cloverland U.S. Post Office is at 4365 South Court Street.

History

The towns of New Philadelphia east of Court Street and East Alabama west of Court Street were chartered as the Town of Montgomery by the General Assembly in Cahaba December 3, 1819. A fire spread onto the street from the ''

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'' printing office on Court Square December 16, 1838. Trolley tracks ran down the tree-lined street.

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