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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MF2_home-of-raphael-semmes_Mobile-AL.html
Rear Admiral, Confederate States Navy, Brigadier General, Confederate States Army, Commander of the Alabama, the greatest sea raider of all times. — — — — In this house, a gift of the people of Mobile, Admir…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MF1_big-zion-african-methodist-episcopal-zion-church_Mobile-AL.html
This congregation originated in 1842 with a group of slaves who worshipped in their masters' church, a Methodist congregation. They were required to move to a small house provided for them. Their perseverance and faith held them together through a…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MF0_w-h-council-traditional-school_Mobile-AL.html
Council Traditional School was founded and opened in 1910. It is named in honor of William Hooper Councill, a former slave who was the founder of Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, Alabama. This building was erected in 1910 and underwent restor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MEZ_st-louis-street-missionary-baptist-church_Mobile-AL.html
The church was organized in 1853 by ten African-Americans who were former members of Stone Street Baptist Church. It is the second oldest Missionary Baptist Church in Alabama. The first three pastors were Caucasian; however, following passage of t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ME1_nicola-marschall-residence_Mobile-AL.html
This building constructed in 1853, by Judge Henry V. Chamberlain, a former mayor of Mobile, was in 1871 and 1872, the residence of Nicola Marschall, who, in 1861, designed the Confederate Flag and uniform. Building restored by Shirley and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1ME0_richards-d-a-r-house-museum_Mobile-AL.html
One of the premier antebellum structures in the city, the house was built by Charles Richards, a riverboat captain originally from Maine. The building is considered to have Mobile's finest cast iron, featuring figures in a garden setting and repre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MDZ_government-street-presbyterian-church_Mobile-AL.html
Founded, with 21 members, in 1831, by Rev. John B. Warren. This sanctuary erected 1834. Designated by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior as one of America's historic buildings. Presby-terian mother church for Southern Alabama.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MDY_saenger-theatre_Mobile-AL.html
Opening night, January 19, 1927, saw crowds gather to hear local dignitaries praise Mobile's "Place of Entertainment". Today the Saenger Theatre remains the entertainment center of downtown. Designed by Emile Weil in the French Renaissance style, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MDQ_pierre-le-moyne-d-iberville_Mobile-AL.html
A la gloire de Pierre Le Moyne D'Iberville, le heros dela baie d'Hudson, de Terre-Neuve et de Nevis, qui fonda en 1702 Mobile premiere ville de la Louisiane Française. ———— Ne a Montréal en 1661 Decede a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1MCY_site-of-mobiles-first-theater_Mobile-AL.html
Erected in 1824 N. M. Ludlow whence Theater Street derives its name
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