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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BHK_st-johns-episcopal-church_Mobile-AL.html
St. John's Episcopal Church, established and built in 1855, stood at the northwest corner of this block, its rectory adjacent. Between 1860 and 1870, the Church Home, an orphanage and school consisting of three buildings, was constructed. This was…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27GN_second-fort-conde-ruin_Mobile-AL.html
This ruin is a vestige of the second
Fort Conde. Built by the French in
1723 and later occupied by the
British, Spanish, and the
Americans, these foundations are
the only architectural remains
of Colonial Mobile.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27GI_it-takes-a-village_Mobile-AL.html
(front side)
Mobile's Hidden Figures initiative originated from the Mobile United Leadership Mobile's Class of 2017 inaugural Diversity and Inclusion team. The objective is to raise awareness of diverse community members who strive to be their pe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27GH_the-cathedral-basilica-of-the-immaculate-conception_Mobile-AL.html
(front side)
The origin of this Cathedral was established on July 20, 1703, by Jean-Baptiste de La Croix de Chevrieres de Saint Vallier, Bishop of Quebec at Fort Louis de la Mobile, the city's first permanent settlement. The Bishop also appointed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27F1_old-plateau-cemetery_Mobile-AL.html
The Old Plateau Cemetery, known as the Africatown Graveyard, is the final resting place of enslaved Africans, African-Americans, and a Buffalo Soldier. The burial ground dates back to 1876, sixteen years after Africans arrived in the Clotilda whic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM27A0_crawford-methodist-cemetery-mobile-county_Mobile-AL.html
This cemetery was
established in the 1800s
as a final resting place
for the Crawford
Community loved ones.
The Lord family donated
the cemetery property
Listed in the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register, April 30, 2009
Marker erected in 2…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23T1_the-knights-of-peter-claver-monument_Mobile-AL.html
In the See City of the Diocese of
Mobile - Birmingham
Fifty years ago, on November 7, 1909
The Order of the Knights of Peter Claver
was founded by
Father Conrad F. Rebesher, S.S.J.
Father John H. Dorsey, S.S.J.
Father Samuel J. Kelly, …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23RL_cudjoe-kaloola-lewis_Mobile-AL.html
Last known survivor of the last known slave ship to enter the United States
Circa 1859, Cudjoe Lewis, a native of the Yoruba tribe in what is now the West African country of Benin, was one of over a hundred African men and women purchased and b…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23QC_john-l-leflore_Mobile-AL.html
A postal worker, a community leader, a state legislator, a journalist, and a civil rights activist, Mobile native John L. LeFlore spent 50 years working to peacefully transform the character of the city and create opportunities to enhance citizens…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23QB_joseph-joe-n-langan_Mobile-AL.html
Joseph (Joe) N. Langan devoted his life to helping others and championing noble causes. He provided wisdom as a city and stare leader and served courageously
as a U.S. Army officer during World War II and the Korean War. As a leading
advocate fo…