DuMont House, 157 Church Street, Mobile

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Annie S Efoble, Previous Owners j Alexander 2 . purdy. Robert S. Bunker* Alphonaa Du Mont. Sate of Krection; Architects Unknown* Builder; Alexander Purdy. Present Conditions Good. Number of Stories: Two. Material of Construction; Two story brick; first and second story front porches; front entrance end hall at side; iron porch balustrades and posts; architectural features important. Other Existing Records; See; "WHERE TIMS BKARS WIMSSS TO SQUKB BUILDING" Compiled by, John P. Glennon & Rosemary Glennon. Pen & ink drawings by, Chici Glennon Lasley* Advertisement of the First National Bank of Mobile, Alabama* ALA - 28 ALA Page 1.

Motel SO- Additional Data: 'the lot on which this quaint dwelling stands at # 157 Church Street is alluded to in many ola deeds as a part of ancient Fort Charlotte, and was a portion of the royal domain in Spanish times. Alexander E, Purdy acquired the site in and to him we owe the construction of this house which today, in spite of its great age, is*well-preserved specimen of older Mobile dwellings. On January 30, Purdy sold the place to Eohert S, Bunker, who enlarged it and added the beautiful iron work on the galleries.

His daughter Josephine married Alphonso ItaEont and the family occupied this house, which to the present generation of Mobilians is known as the "DuMont Place"- Elder Mbbilians, however, still refer to it as the "Bunker Place" in memory of the long time senior warden of Christ Church who lived for twenty years in this house, within sight of the institution he loved so well. # Spurge of Materials John V, Glennon. Mobile, Alabama* Compiled hy: ^Catherine #loyd. Auburn, Alabama* Approved: I. Walter Burkhardt, District Officer, HA3S. Auburn, Alabama. Dates V\ U (* -it ;