James Arthur Morrison House

James Arthur Morrison House
Location 159 Hillwood Rd., Mobile, Alabama
Coordinates 30°41′38″N 88°8′59″W / 30.69389°N 88.14972°W / 30.69389; -88.14972Coordinates: 30°41′38″N 88°8′59″W / 30.69389°N 88.14972°W / 30.69389; -88.14972
Area 1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built 1926
Architectural style Spanish Colonial Revival
MPS Spanish Revival Residences in Mobile MPS
NRHP Reference # 91000863[1]
Added to NRHP July 12, 1991

The James Arthur Morrison House, also known as the Morrison-Walker House, is a historic Spanish Colonial Revival style house and garage/guest house in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The two-story stucco and concrete main house was completed in 1926. It features Mission-style side parapets on the main block, red tile roofing, a central entrance courtyard with a decorative gate, a rear arcaded porch, and arched doorways on the exterior and in the interior.[2] The matching garage/guest house has a two-story central block with a massive chimney and is flanked to each side by one-story garage door bays. The house and garage were added to the National Register of Historic Places as a part of the Spanish Revival Residences in Mobile Multiple Property Submission on July 12, 1991.[1]

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  1. 1 2 Staff (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. John Sledge and Steven Kay (October 1, 1990). "Spanish Revival Residences in Mobile MPS" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved 26 September 2009.


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