Vestavia, comes from the graceful and appropriate name of George Beatty Ward's home, built in 1925 on a ten acre plot atop Shades Mountain.  "Vesta"- which means goddess of the hearth-fire and "Via"- which means by the roadway, were combined to create the perfect name for the classic mansion, which was a prototype of a famous ancient Roman temple. World traveler, clubman, and member of Alabama's Literati, George Beatty Ward was raised in Birmingham, but developed a passion for Greco-Roman architecture after traveling to Greece and Rome. Across the road from Mr. Ward's Vestavia estate and gardens, was an interesting little lookout or 'summer house' built of pink sandstone. It was the entrance of a bird sanctuary and was designed after the temple of Sibyl at Tivoli, and rested on a circular piece of land jutting out from the mountain and overlooking the valley. Each year during the spring, summer, and autumn, Mr Ward would generously open up the gates of Vestavia, and invite the public to enjoy his gardens and the beautiful views. The summer house structure was later used as a restaurant and part of a church before it was moved to it's current site after the main house was unfortunately, destroyed.

In 1946, Charles Byrd planned the development of the Vestavia Hills subdivision and the town of Vestavia Hills officially became a city in 1946.

​NOTEWORTHY NEIGHBORHOODS

ROCKY RIDGE ROAD

VESTAVIA COUNTRY CLUB

ALTEDENA RIDGE

CAHABA HEIGHTS

LIBERTY PARK - The Bray, Boulder Lake, Vestlake Hills, Vestlake Cove, Vestlake Ridge, Club Ridge, Hampden Place, Tarten Glen, Forest Hills, Kings Mountain, Alston Meadows, Alston Crest, Lake Colony, Paxton Place

PATCHWORK FARMS