Editing Homewood, Alabama (section)

===Hollywood===
'''Hollywood''' is a former town annexed into Homewood, Alabama, in 1929. A [[historic district (United States)|historic district]] of much of the area is listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] as '''Hollywood Historic District'''.  The district is roughly bounded by [[U.S. Route 31 in Alabama|U.S. Highway 31]], [[U.S. Route 280 (Alabama)|U.S. Highway 280]], and Lakeshore Drive and is significant for the [[Mission Revival Style architecture|Mission Revival]] and [[Spanish Colonial Revival architecture|Spanish Colonial Revival]] architectural style of surviving houses and other buildings.<ref>{{cite web|last=King |first=Pamela Sterne |author2=Christy Anderson |title=Hollywood Historic District |url={{NRHP url|id=02000482}} |work=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=March 17, 2014 |date=September 1, 2001 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6O9SHifqw?url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/nrhp/text/02000482.pdf |archive-date=March 17, 2014 |url-status=live}} See also: {{cite web|title=Accompanying photos |url={{NRHP url|id=02000482|photos=y}} |access-date=March 17, 2014 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6O9SIkx8G?url=http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/nrhp/photos/02000482.pdf |archive-date=March 17, 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Clyde Nelson began developing Hollywood Boulevard as a residential subdivision in 1926. He employed a sales force of 75, armed with the memorable slogan "Out of the Smoke Zone, Into the Ozone", to entice [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]] residents over [[Red Mountain, Birmingham, Alabama|Red Mountain]]. Architect George P. Turner designed many of the new homes in the [[Spanish Colonial Revival architecture]], which had become fashionably linked with the glamour of [[Hollywood, California]] in the early days of the motion picture industry there. Turner also nodded to the [[Tudor Style architecture|English Tudor style]] which was already widespread in Birmingham and over the mountain.

The Hollywood Country Club on Lakeshore Drive (destroyed in 1984 by fire) and the [[American Legion]] Post 134 (originally Hollywood's Town Hall) were also built at this time.

In order to support his new development, Nelson created the area's first [[bus|autobus]] line and extended the first natural gas pipeline into Shades Valley.

Hollywood incorporated as a town on January 14, 1927 with Clarence Lloyd as its first and only mayor. The town was annexed into Homewood on October 14, 1929. The [[Great Depression]] virtually ended development of the subdivision.

In 2002, the Hollywood Historic District was registered with the [[National Register of Historic Places]], and is home to The [[American Institute of Architects]] (AIA)-nominated houses like 11 Bonita Drive.  The listing includes 412 [[contributing buildings]] and one [[contributing site]], over a {{convert|815|acre}} area.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|2009a}}</ref>