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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23NB_most-pure-heart-of-mary-catholic-church_Mobile-AL.html
Organized in 1899 as St. Anthony's Mission by Creoles of African descent. By 1901, Josephite priests Revs. Joseph St. Laurent and Louis Pastorelli had established a small school. The
present church was completed in 1908 and dedicated as Most Pure…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23NA_finleys-drug-stores_Mobile-AL.html
John L. Finley Jr. opened Finley's Pharmacy #1 in 1950. John and his brother, James, established Finley's #2 in 1959, which was later sold to Benjamin F. Jackson, Sr.
James H. Finley. Sr. eventually opened six stores, launching the first black c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23N6_national-african-american-archives-and-museum_Mobile-AL.html
George B. Rogers, a prominent architect, designed this smaller replica of the main library in 1931. It is a classically inspired white structure with linear lines. It was the only library for blacks until desegregation in the mid-1960s. Today it i…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23N5_christian-benevolent-funeral-home_Mobile-AL.html
Mrs. Pearl Johnson Madison was one of the early African-American women to own a funeral home in the state of Alabama in 1928. The funeral home and burial association served the African-American community when white mortuaries would not. Today, the…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23N4_dave-patton_Mobile-AL.html
Patton began his hauling business with two mules and grew to become a prominent real estate entrepreneur and contractor, building many area roads and schools. Patton purchased this site in 1900. According to oral tradition, he commissioned archite…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23MQ_emerson-institute_Mobile-AL.html
On this site stood Emerson Institute, Mobile's first school for the formal education of African-Americans and one of the few 19th-century normal schools for African-Americans in Alabama. Founded 1865 by the Freedmen's Bureau, the school was run by…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23MP_springhill-avenue-temple-congregation_Mobile-AL.html
Organized in Mobile on January 29, 1844, this Reform Jewish Congregation is the oldest in Alabama and one of the oldest in the United States. Members met in homes until December 27, 1846, when the St. Emanuel Street Temple was dedicated. The Congr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23MO_protestant-childrens-home_Mobile-AL.html
This building was erected in 1845 by the Protestant Orphans Asylum Society, to care for children left homeless after the disastrous fires and yellow fever epidemics of the 1830s. It has operated continuously since that time.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23MI_home-of-joe-cain_Mobile-AL.html
Joseph Stillwell Cain Jr., recognized today as the patron saint of Mardi Gras in Mobile, purchased this plot of land in 1859 for $500, along with his wife of more than three years, Elizabeth Rabby Cain. The couple built a four-room classic revival…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM23MG_city-of-chickasaw_Chickasaw-AL.html
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The name Chickasaw originated from Native Americans living in the area prior to the arrival of the French settlement at Twenty-Seven Mile Bluff in 1702. Native Americans from the Apalachee and Choctaw Tribes referred to the creek running th…