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, ...
Little Red Schoolhouse
In 1920, The Blakeley School, above and opposite, was erected on Magnolia Church Road, just north of Spanish Fort....
War of 1812: The 200th Anniversary
Most of us know only that the War of 1812 occurred in 1812, and that it wasn’t all that important. The fact...
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...
Mobile Spirits
Mobile has been many things to many people, but never a hotbed of temperance. In Colonial times, the home brew of choice was often...
Bay Stumpers
1. How many vehicles crossed the Cochrane Bridge on its first day? 2. When and where was the first modern street pavement...
Bay Stumpers: The Answers
Click here for the Bay Stumper questions. 1. Five hundred and fifty automobiles made the trek across the bridge. 2. Mayor...
