Mobile Heritage Downtown Photos |
The commercial & public buildings along Dauphin plus Government & Church Streets are being restored to their former glory. This String of Pearls delivers the essence of times past. |
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| Dauphin streetscape from 522 Dauphin Street to Battle House Tower. | Dauphin streetscape from 270 Dauphin Street to Battle House Tower.  | Crown (now Atlantis) Theatre (c1909) (270 Dauphin St.). | Cornice & parapet of Crown (now Atlantis) Theatre. |
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| Art Moderne bar (256 Dauphin St.). | Demouy Building (c1879) (222 Dauphin St.) & Abraham Spira Building (1891) (220 Dauphin St.) used as theatre (1908-31). Architect: Rudolph Benz. | Dauphin streetscape with Demouy, Abraham Spira & Battle House Tower Buildings. | Burke Building (c1875) (1 North Royal St.) with 1988 balconies. |
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| Burke Building & 3 North Royal Street. | Garet Van Antwerp Building (1907) (11 floors) (101 Dauphin St.). Architect: George Rogers. | Terra cotta facade of Van Antwerp Building. | Terra cotta details of Van Antwerp Building. |
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| Renaissance Hotel Tower, Riverview Plaza (1983) (13 floors), & red Abraham Pincus Building. | Abraham Pincus Building (1891) (1 South Royal St.). Style: Queen Anne. Architect: Rudolph Benz. | Meyer Building (1913) (9 Dauphin St.). | Heritage commercial building (7 Dauphin St.). |
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| Daniels, Elgin & Co. Building (c1860) (2 South Water St.) with cast iron facade by Badger Iron Works Co. & T.H. Giles. | Dauphin St. cast iron facade of Daniels, Elgin & Co. Building. | Heritage commercial building (155 Dauphin St.). | Franklin Fire Engine Company #3 (1852) (6 St. Joseph St.). |
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| Plaque commemorating Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac homestead while governor of Mobile (1713-17) after founding Detroit. | Saenger Theatre (1927) (6 South Joachim St.). Architect: Emil Weil. | Saenger Theatre. | John Dahm House (1873) (7 North Claiborne St.) & Scottish Rite Temple. |
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| John Dahm House & Scottish Rite Temple. | Scottish Rite Temple (1921) (351 St. Francis St.). Style: Egyptian Revival. Architect: George B. Rogers. On National Register. | Sphinx in front of Scottish Rite Temple. | Scottish Rite Temple facade. |
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| Cathedral Basilica of Immaculate Conception (1829) (Clairborne at Dauphin Sts.). Architect: Claude Beroujon. | Government Street Presbyterian Church (1836) (300 Government St.). Style: Greek Revival. Architect: James Gallier, James Dakin & Charles Dakin. On National Register. | Barton Academy (1836) (504 Government St.) Alabama's oldest public school. Style: Greek Revival. Architect: James Gallier, James Dakin & Charles Dakin. On National Register. | William H. Ketchum House (1860) (400 Government St.). |
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| Mobile Public Library (1928) (701 Government St.). Architect: George B. Rogers. | United Methodist Church (1890 then 1907-17) (901 Government St.). Style: Gothic Revival with Spanish Baroque front. Architect: George B. Rogers. | Fort Condé & Conde-Charlotte Museum House. | Conde-Charlotte Museum (aka Kirkbride House) (c1822-4) (104 Theater St.) was Mobile's first jail. Architect: Peter Hobart. On National Register. |
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| Scarpace House (1916) (160 St Emanuel St.). | Delacour (1878) & Antunez (1872) Houses (162 & 164 St Emanuel St.). | Christ Episcopal Church (1838-40) (114 St Emanuel St.). | Neoclassical columns of Christ Episcopal Church. |
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| House serving as church office of Christ Episcopal. | Christ Episcopal Cathedral offices in heritage houses with cast iron railings. | Chandler House (1845) (205 Church St.). | Curved cast iron steps of Chandler House. |
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| Heritage brick house with modest staircase (158 Church St.). | Malaga Inn (1862) (359 Church St.) combines two heritage houses. | Malaga Inn (359 Church St.). | Hamilton-Smith House (407 Church St.). |
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| Front door of Hamilton-Smith House. | Osborne House (1868) (500 Church St.). | Molly Young House (504 Church St.). Style: Eastlake. | Pollock-Compton House (1902) (505 Church St.). |
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| Farley-Wert House (1870) (602 Church St.). | Foote-Trammell House (c1885) in Detonti Square historic district. | Heritage townhouse in Detonti Square historic district. | Robinson Memorial (257 State St.). |
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| Heritage townhouse (1857) (256 State St.). | Heritage townhouse (254 State St.). | Gidgeon Gee Pugh House in Detonti Square historic district (251 State St.). | Heritage building on St Francis St. at N. Jackson St. |
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| Statue of Raphael Semmes Captain of Confederate Raider CSS Alabama (1862-4). |
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