154 Saint Louis Street (House, Iron Gate), Mobile, Mobile County, AL. Surveyed as HABS ALA,49-MOBI,11-, with a 184-word written history.
“154 Saint Louis Street (House, Iron Gate), Mobile, Mobile County, AL”
Survey record header. Machine-read text.
Surveyed by the federal HABS program as HABS ALA,49-MOBI,11- · the record runs 184 words · one of 272 surveyed structures published for this county.
Source document Quoted word for word from HABS ALA,49-MOBI,11-. Not written, edited or summarised by this site.
The example of late iron work was chosen from house No. 154 on St. Louis Street, Mobile. The use of cast iron in the late period is shown here. The motives are of Gothic inspiration, with such forms as the ogee and the quatrefoil. In this same period, howeyer, clas- sical features are also characteristic. HISTORICAL DATA: The dates of this iron work of the late period are from about ;;~~about There is not much known concerning the ~'Utory of the iron, but it is said that some of it was brought into Mobile as ballast in ships from Philadelphia, Boston and Baltimore. Source of Material: E. Walter Burkhardt, District Administrator, HABS. Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Alabama. N. H. Holmes, Architect, Mobile, Alabama. (Revised at BABS Headquarters Feb.
by oriiinal sheet in field notebo'*')
| Mobile, Alabama | The place record: every map, photograph and survey of this town. |
| Mobile County, Alabama | 188 topographic sheets across the county. |
| Library of Congress record | The original filed report as the survey filed it. |
The federal surveyors worked through Mobile building by building. These are the other structures they measured and filed a report on, longest report first.
| Sheet | Structure | Survey | Report |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tensaw River Lift Bridge | HAER AL-104 | 27,368 words | |
| Southern Market & Municipal Building | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,4- | 6,649 words | |
| Martin Horst House | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,112- | 2,881 words | |
| Silver-Ketchum House | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,130- | 2,824 words | |
| Mobile & Ohio Railroad Office Building | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,126- | 2,597 words | |
| Spring Hill College | HABS ALA,49-SPRIHI,3- | 2,517 words | |
| Hall House | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,47- | 2,409 words | |
| 50-52 North Commercial Street (Commercial Building) | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,145- | 2,373 words | |
| U. S. Marine Hospital & Gates | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,90- | 2,371 words | |
| Mobile National Cemetery | HALS AL-1-A | 2,353 words | |
| Richards DAR House Museum | HALS AL-4 | 2,305 words | |
| Isaac Marx House | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,114- | 2,270 words | |
| Calef House | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,52- | 2,238 words | |
| 208 South Joachim Street (House) | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,120- | 2,210 words | |
| 7 North Commerce Street (Commercial Building) | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,140- | 2,047 words | |
| Hardaway-Evans-Wilson-Sledge House | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,133- | 2,035 words | |
| Brisk & Jacobson Store | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,122- | 1,952 words | |
| U. S. Post Office Building | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,129- | 1,884 words | |
| Planters & Merchants Insurance Company | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,113- | 1,763 words | |
| 7 Saint Michael Street (Commercial Building) | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,164- | 1,687 words | |
| Gates-Daves House | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,131- | 1,615 words | |
| Shippers Exchange Saloon | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,121- | 1,468 words | |
| Seamen's Bethel | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,115- | 1,395 words | |
| 204 South Joachim Street (House) | HABS ALA,49-MOBI,119- | 1,382 words |
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