Lower Dauphin Street Historic District

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Lower Dauphin Street Historic District
(U.S. Registered Historic District)
Lower Dauphin Street Historic District (Alabama)
Lower Dauphin Street Historic District
Location: Mobile, Alabama
Coordinates: 30°41′21.80″N 88°2′56.17″W / 30.6893889, -88.0489361Coordinates: 30°41′21.80″N 88°2′56.17″W / 30.6893889, -88.0489361
Architectural style(s): Federal, Italianate, Queen Anne, Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Late Victorian
Added to NRHP: 19 February 1979, expanded multiple times thereafter.[1][2]
NRHP Reference#: 79000392, 82002059,
95000779, 98001027[1]
Governing body: Multiple

The Lower Dauphin Street Historic District is a historic district in the city of Mobile, Alabama, United States. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on 9 February 1979.[1] The district encompasses all of Dauphin Street from Water Street to Jefferson Street.[2] It covers 551 acres (2.23 km²) and contains 736 contributing buildings. The boundaries were increased on 19 February 1982, 30 June 1995, and 14 August 1998. The buildings range in age from the 1820s to the 20th century and include the Federal, Greek Revival, Queen Anne, Italianate, and various other Victorian architectural styles.[2]

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Examples of architecture within the Lower Dauphin Street Historic District:

Pincus Building

Washington Firehouse No. 5

Scottish Rite Temple

Spira and Pincus Building

Merchants National Bank Building

Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
  2. ^ a b c "Alabama: Mobile County ". "Nationalhistoricalregister.com". Retrieved on 2008-01-28.
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