Historic Roman Catholic Properties in Mobile Multiple Property Submission
Historic Roman Catholic Properties in Mobile Multiple Property Submission | |
Location | Mobile, Alabama |
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Coordinates | 30°41′24″N 88°2′44″W / 30.69000°N 88.04556°W / 30.69000; -88.04556 |
NRHP reference No. | 64500007 |
The Historic Roman Catholic Properties in Mobile Multiple Property Submission is a multiple property submission of Roman Catholic properties in Mobile, Alabama, that were listed together on the National Register of Historic Places. The submission covers cemetery, church, convent and other religious properties that are historically or architecturally significant.[1]
Mobile was founded as the first capital of the French colony of Louisiana under the direction of Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. It was established by his brother, Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville, in 1702 to gain control over France's Louisiana claims. Mobile's Roman Catholic parish was established on July 20, 1703, by Jean-Baptiste de la Croix de Chevrières de Saint-Vallier, as a parish of the Diocese of Quebec.[2] It was the first Catholic parish established on the Gulf Coast of the United States.[2]
The Diocese of Mobile was established in 1829, with Michael Portier appointed its first bishop. During his thirty-year tenure he began many of the projects that led to what remains of Mobile's Catholic architectural and historical legacy. He was responsible for the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception that still stands today and his own house. He also founded Spring Hill College, the oldest Catholic college in the Southeastern United States and the third-oldest Jesuit college in the United States.[3] Catholicism remained the dominant form of Christianity in Mobile until the American Civil War.[4] Protestantism grew in the city from then until World War II, when more than 89,000 people, mostly Protestant, moved into the city to work for war effort industries. From that point on Catholicism was a minority, although still sizable, denomination.[5] The structures listed in this multiple property submission reflect the best-preserved reminders of this Catholic legacy.[1]
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Resource Name | Also known as | Coordinates | City | County | Added | Notes |
Catholic Cemetery | Stone Street Cemetery | 30°42′32″N 88°4′25″W / 30.70889°N 88.07361°W / 30.70889; -88.07361 (Catholic Cemetery) | Mobile | Mobile County | July 3, 1991 | |
Convent and Academy of the Visitation | Visitation Monastery | 30°41′38″N 88°5′38″W / 30.69389°N 88.09389°W / 30.69389; -88.09389 (Convent and Academy of the Visitation) | Mobile | Mobile County | April 24, 1992 | |
Convent of Mercy | St. Francis Place Condominiums | 30°41′20″N 88°3′10″W / 30.68889°N 88.05278°W / 30.68889; -88.05278 (Convent of Mercy) | Mobile | Mobile County | April 24, 1992 | Converted to residential units |
Saint Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church | 30°42′33″N 88°4′49″W / 30.70917°N 88.08028°W / 30.70917; -88.08028 (Saint Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church) | Mobile | Mobile County | July 3, 1991 | ||
Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church | 30°41′23″N 88°3′14″W / 30.68972°N 88.05389°W / 30.68972; -88.05389 (Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church) | Mobile | Mobile County | July 3, 1991 | ||
Saint Matthew's Catholic Church | 30°39′46″N 88°3′28″W / 30.66278°N 88.05778°W / 30.66278; -88.05778 (Saint Matthew's Catholic Church) | Mobile | Mobile County | July 3, 1991 | ||
Saint Vincent de Paul | Prince of Peace Church | 30°40′56″N 88°2′42″W / 30.68222°N 88.04500°W / 30.68222; -88.04500 (Saint Vincent de Paul) | Mobile | Mobile County | April 24, 1992 |
See also
References
- ^ a b "Historic Roman Catholic Properties in Mobile MPS". "National Register Information System". Retrieved October 26, 2011.
- ^ a b Higginbotham, Jay. Old Mobile: Fort Louis de la Louisiane, 1702-1711, pages 106–107. Museum of the City of Mobile, 1977. ISBN 0-914334-03-4.
- ^ Boyle, Charles J. (2004). Gleanings from the Spring Hill College Archives. Mobile: Friends of the Spring Hill College Library. ISBN 1-887650-24-5.
- ^ Thomason, Michael. Mobile : the new history of Alabama's first city, page 89. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8173-1065-7
- ^ Thomason, Michael. Mobile : the new history of Alabama's first city, pages 213–217. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8173-1065-7
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Landmarks
- Government Street Presbyterian Church
- Mobile City Hall
- USS Alabama
- USS Drum
districts
- Africatown Historic District
- Ashland Place Historic District
- The Campground
- Church Street East Historic District
- Common Street District
- Convent and Academy of the Visitation
- De Tonti Square Historic District
- Leinkauf Historic District
- Lower Dauphin Street Historic District
- Maysville Historic District
- Midtown Historic District
- Oakleigh Garden Historic District
- Old Dauphin Way Historic District
properties
- Aimwell Baptist Church
- Wade Askew House
- Azalea Court Apartments
- Barton Academy
- Battle House Royale
- Beal–Gaillard House
- Bettie Hunter House
- Bragg–Mitchell Mansion
- Brisk & Jacobson Store
- Caldwell School
- Carlen House
- Carolina Hall
- Cavallero House
- Center–Gaillard House
- U. J. Cleveland House
- Coley Building
- Collins–Marston House
- Collins–Robinson House
- Convent of Mercy
- D'Iberville Apartments
- Dahm House
- Davis Avenue Branch, Mobile Public Library
- Davis Avenue Recreation Center
- Denby House
- Emanuel AME Church
- Emanuel Building
- George Fearn House
- Fire Station No. 5
- First National Bank
- Fort Charlotte
- Gates–Daves House
- Georgia Cottage
- Greene–Marston House
- Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Passenger Terminal
- Hawthorn House
- Martin Horst House
- International Longshoreman's Association Hall
- Joseph Jossen House
- Kirkbride House
- George Levy House
- Martin Lindsey House
- Magnolia Cemetery
- Meaher–Zoghby House
- Ernest Megginson House
- Metzger House
- Miller–O'Donnell House
- Mobile City Hospital
- Monterey Place
- James Arthur Morrison House
- Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church No.1
- Murphy High School
- Neville House
- Oakleigh
- Paterson House
- J. E. Paterson House
- Dave Patton House
- Pfau–Crichton Cottage
- Phillipi House
- Pincus Building
- Bishop Portier House
- Protestant Children's Home
- Roberts House
- Ross Knox House
- St. Francis Street Methodist Church
- Saint Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church
- Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
- St. Louis Street Missionary Baptist Church
- Saint Matthew's Catholic Church
- Saint Paul's Episcopal Chapel
- Saint Vincent de Paul
- Scottish Rite Temple
- Raphael Semmes House
- Sodality Chapel
- South Lafayette Street Creole Cottages
- Robert L. Spotswood House
- Spring Hill College Quadrangle
- State Street AME Zion Church
- Amelia Stewart House
- Stewartfield
- Stone Street Baptist Church
- Stone Street Cemetery
- Trinity Episcopal Church
- Tschiener House
- Turner-Todd Motor Company
- United States Court House and Custom House
- United States Marine Hospital
- Arthur VanderSys House
- Jacob VanderSys House
- Vickers and Schumacher Buildings
- Joseph M. Walker House
- Weems House
submissions
- 19th Century Spring Hill Neighborhood Thematic Resource
- Historic Roman Catholic Properties in Mobile Multiple Property Submission
- Spanish Revival Residences in Mobile Multiple Property Submission