Coastal Alabama Community College Launches Renovation of Historic Bay Minette Buildings
Coastal Alabama Community College is renovating the historic Meadows Library and Stone Classroom Building on its Bay Minette Campus after trustee approval.
Inside the George County Courthouse Dome: A Century of Craftsmanship Gets New Life
Repairs to the roof and dome of the historic George County Courthouse in Lucedale were nearly finished in September 2022, and a look inside the structure — perched 30 feet…
Demolition Begins on Historic Old Providence Hospital Building in Mobile
A familiar landmark on Springhill Avenue is coming down. Demolition is underway on the old Providence Hospital building in Mobile, a structure the University of South Alabama has owned since…
Historic Mobile Orphanage to Become ‘Cotton Hall’ Mardi Gras Lodge
One of Mobile's oldest Mardi Gras societies plans to restore the 1845 Protestant Children's Home downtown into a new meeting lodge called Cotton Hall.
Callaghan’s Irish Social Club: The Mobile Neighborhood Pub With a Worldwide Reputation
Tucked into a cluster of historic homes and early-20th-century cottages in Mobile’s Oakleigh Garden District sits Callaghan’s Irish Social Club — a boxy 1920s-era building that once housed a butcher…
Might Kindergartners Return to Barton Academy?
With the school system's administration finally out of the building, talk around Mobile turned to sending children back into Barton Academy, possibly as the new home of a performing arts…