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Church Street Graveyard - was acquired by the City of Mobile in 1820, and replaced the older colonial burial ground located at the site of the present Cathedral. The earliest burials in the graveyard in fact date from 1819, while negotiations for the purchase of the site were still in progress. Many of the early burials were victims of yellow fever. |
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Magnolia Cemetery - Mobile's third oldest municipal cemetery. The devastating yellow fever epidemics that filled the Church Street Cemetery necessitated that a new city facility be opened immediately. Thus 1836 a small parcel of land, then lying outside the city limits, was acquired. |
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Blakeley Historic Park - Just hours after the surrender of General Robert E. Lee miles away in Virginia, the Battle of Blakeley was fought at Fort Blakeley on April 9, 1865 at 5:30 p.m. It was a major news event in the ongoing coverage of the Civil War... (more) |
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Fort Gaines - Dauphin Island and Mobile Bay were mapped as early as 1519 by Alonzo Pineda. In 1699, the French explorer, Pierre Le Moyne de'Iberville named it "Massacre" because of a large pile of human skeletons... (more) |
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Fort Morgan - In the American Civil War during the Battle of Mobile Bay, Union land forces besieged Fort Morgan. General Richard L. Page commander of the fort was forced to surrender on August 23, 1864. Fort Morgan was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1960. |
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Bragg-Mitchell Mansion - Surrounded by a grove of stately live oaks, the Bragg-Mitchell Mansion is one of the Gulf Coast's grandest antebellum mansions. When it was built in 1855 by Judge John Bragg, the house was the center of the lively social life of the thriving... (more) |
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Richards-DAR House - Richards DAR House Museum is a restored townhouse built in 1860 for Charles G. Richards, a steamboat captain. The house is furnished with early Victorian and Empire furnishings. |
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Oakleigh Historic Complex - Oakleigh museum is a T-shaped Greek revival mansion featuring unique architectural features including a distinct cantilevered front staircase, grand double parlors and classic six-over-six windows and galleries accessed through jib windows. The house was built by a cotton factor from Virginia and later... (more) |
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Fort Mims - On the morning of August 30, 1813, few of Fort Mims’ defenders stirred in the steaming heat. In the forested shade, the Creeks watched and waited. The fort’s main gate, located on the east side of the stockade, had not been closed by the garrison troops and was lodged open by a shifting bank of sand. Some historians believe... (more) |
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USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park - The keel of the USS ALABAMA (BB-60) was laid at the Norfolk Navy Yard on 1 February 1940, the sixth vessel to bear the name of Alabama. At the outbreak of hostilities, her hull construction was nearing completion. Some two years later.... (more) |
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Fort Conde - Originally founded in 1702 at 27-Mile Bluff up river, Mobile was relocated in 1711 to the current site where a temporary wooden stockade fort was constructed to protect the town. It was named Fort Louis after the old fort up river. In 1723, construction of a new brick fort with a stone foundation began. Renamed Fort Condé in honor of King Louis XIV’s brother. (more) |
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Phoenix Fire Museum - The Phoenix Fire Museum is in the restored home of the Phoenix Volunteer Fire Company No. 6. This building houses turn-of-the-century horse-drawn steam engines and early motorized vehicles. The gallery on the Second Floor recounts the history of the volunteer fire companies of Mobile from their organization in 1838. |
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