Tag: Historic Mobile Preservation Society
Georgia Cottage: The House that History Built
From novels to memoirs, Mobile’s Georgia Cottage is an archive of stories that withstand the passage of time.
The Salvation Army in Mobile, 1905
Celebrate the holiday season with Mobile's Salvation Army in 1905.
Long’s Restaurant in Bayou La Batre
Discover two hurricanes’ impact on the restaurant industry in early-1900s Bayou La Batre.
Mobile Civic Center Opening, 1964
Experience the opening night of the Mobile Civic Center.
The Baldwin
Set sail from the Eastern Shore on a classic bay boat, The Baldwin
Ask McGehee: What is the history of the Spring Hill Hotel?
According to the May 3, 1903 edition of the Mobile Press-Register, the new Spring Hill Hotel was under construction on the south side of Old Shell Road, just east of today’s McGregor Avenue.
The Huxford Oil Company
Turn back time with this 1930s photograph of the novel gas station that once stood on the northwest corner of Government and Dearborn streets.
Ask McGehee: Who was Emma Roche?
Emma Langdon Roche (1878 - 1945) once described herself as an “artist, writer, housekeeper and farmer.” In retrospect, she could well be termed Mobile’s “Renaissance Woman.”