Tom McGehee
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Ask McGehee: What is the story behind that Egyptian temple downtown?
What Mobilians have most recently called “The Temple Downtown” is currently an event venue but was created as Mobile’s Scottish Rite Cathedral, ...
Ask McGehee: Who was Sidney McCall?
Over its long history, Mobile has established a reputation for producing talented and successful writers. As the 19th century progressed, there...
Ask McGehee: What ever happened to the old Malbis bakery?
The Malbis Bakery, although owned by Jason Malbis, was never actually located in the Baldwin County town. In the early...
Ask McGehee: I heard one of the old homes that used to be in...
According to local folklore, the city’s oldest house stood at 190 St. Anthony St., with a portion of the house dating...
Ask McGehee: How old are the oaks in Bienville Square?
According to Ron Jackson, the longtime urban forester for Mobile, live oaks have been in that location since at least 1812....
Ask McGehee: Didn’t Mobile once have two different daily newspapers?
In the late 1920s, Mobile had only one newspaper, which published a morning and weekly afternoon edition. Mississippi-born Frederick Ingate Thompson...
Ask McGehee: Didn’t Mobile’s Saenger Theatre originally have a pipe organ?
According to news clippings from the opening in January 1927, the Saenger Theatre had every luxury at the time – air-conditioning, ...
Ask McGehee: When was Government Plaza built, and how did that design ever get...
A Mobile County Courthouse had stood on the southwest corner of Government and Royal streets since 1822. The fifth and last incarnation had...
Ask McGehee: Recently a brick building on Government Street, just east of Broad Street,...
The building, located at 850 Government St., dated to around 1944 when it housed a new A&P grocery store. Until 1928,...
Ask McGehee: What is the history of Baytreat at Battles Wharf in Baldwin County?
Nestled among the waterfront estates of Battles Wharf is a facility owned and operated by Mobile’s Government Street Presbyterian Church. While architecturally resembling...