Bidding Closes on Fairhope’s Round House Move, Setting Up City Council Vote
The City of Fairhope has closed bidding on relocating the historic Round House, or "Hermit Hut," clearing the way for a City Council vote on moving it to Flying Creek…
Fairhope Hotel Restoration: Inside The Century-Old Building’s Journey Back To Life
A deep dive into the century-old Fairhope Hotel's journey from an 1908 innkeeping legacy through decades of change to Shelley Springer's $1 million restoration and reopening.
Alabama Commits $1 Million to Next Phase of Clotilda Wreck Preservation
The Alabama Historical Commission will begin a new $1 million phase of Clotilda preservation work this fall, combining artifact excavation with environmental and engineering studies of the wreck site near…
Underwater Survey of Mobile River Wraps Up, Search for Clotilda Continues
A week-long underwater survey of the Mobile River has concluded, cataloging newly discovered shipwrecks in a stretch of the river long known as a ship graveyard while continuing the search…
Alabama Historical Commission Launches Survey to Map Mobile River Shipwrecks
The Alabama Historical Commission is launching a Phase I sonar survey of the Mobile River to inventory shipwrecks and submerged cultural sites, work that could also help locate the long-sought…
Archdiocese to Close Historic St. Joseph Parish in Downtown Mobile
The Archdiocese of Mobile will close St. Joseph Catholic Church, a downtown parish dating to 1857, in January 2018, folding its members into the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception amid…
Mobile Pursues National Historic Recognition for Auto Alley, Texas Hill
Mobile is seeking national historic status for two lesser-known areas: the old Automobile Alley on St. Louis Street and the Texas Hill community.
Mobile City Council to Weigh Push for New National Historic Districts
Mobile's City Council will consider paying a preservation consultant to seek national historic status for three city neighborhoods and corridors.
Mobile’s Historic Buick Building Nears Completion of $5 Million Overhaul
A $5 million renovation of Mobile's historic Buick Building on St. Louis Street is on track for summer completion, with two new tenants moving in.
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.