National Historic Landmark · Rathaus · Mobile, Alabama

Mobile City Hall

United States historic place in Mobile, Alabama. Added to the National Register in 1969, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1969Renaissance Revival architecture
Gate Mobile AlabamaMobile Market House LOC det 4a13425uMuseum of Mobile 01Museum of Mobile 02
Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · Old City Hall (Mobile, Alabama)

Old City Hall, also known as the Southern Market, is a historic complex of adjoining buildings in Mobile, Alabama, that currently houses the History Museum of Mobile. The complex was built from 1855 to 1857 to serve as a city hall and as a marketplace. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973, as a rare well-preserved example of a 19th-century multifunction civic and commercial building.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address111 S. Royal St., Mobile, AL
CountyMobile County
ListedDec 3, 1969
Reference number69000034
Type of placemuseum building, Rathaus
StyleRenaissance Revival architecture
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
Address111 S. Royal St., Mobile, AL
Websitemuseumofmobile.com ↗
Coordinates30.68963, -88.03945 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitGulf Islands National Seashore · 54 mi · on Park Atlas
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 69000034. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.