Mobile in Mobile County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Government Street Presbyterian Church

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

1. Government Street Presbyterian Church Marker

Inscription.
Founded, with 21 members, in 1831, by Rev. John B. Warren. This sanctuary erected 1834. Designated by the U.S. Dept. of the Interior as one of America's historic buildings. Presbyterian mother church for Southern Alabama.

Erected 1951 by the Historic Mobile Preservation Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures. In addition, it is included in the National Historic Landmarks series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1831.

Location. 30° 41.356′ N, 88° 2.649′ W. Marker is in Mobile, Alabama, in Mobile County. It is at the intersection of Government Street (U.S. 98) and South Jackson Street, on the right when traveling west on Government Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 300 Government Street, Mobile AL 36602, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Alabama’s Gulf Coast

and in the Mobile Bay area.

It is also in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western

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Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Le Marquis de Lafayette visited Mobile (within shouting distance of this marker); Mobile City Limits (within shouting distance of this marker); Guesnard House (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); WALA-TV, Channel 10 (about 300 feet away); Portier House (about 400 feet away); On this Spot Woodrow Wilson Said: (about 400 feet away); Wallace Turnage (about 400 feet away); The Comic Cowboys of Mobile (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mobile.

Regarding Government Street Presbyterian Church. National Historic Landmark (1992)

Also see . . . Government Street Presbyterian Church. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on December 15, 2020, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

The view east on Government Street towards Mobile Bay. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

2. The view east on Government Street towards Mobile Bay.

Looking west on Government Street in front of Church. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

3. Looking west on Government Street in front of Church.

Government Street Presbyterian Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

4. Government Street Presbyterian Church

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 18, 2014

5. Government Street Presbyterian Church

National Historic Landmark image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, May 18, 2014

6. National Historic Landmark

Credits. This page was last revised on July 16, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 30, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 834 times since then and 34 times this year. Last updated on April 30, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 30, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 5, 6. submitted on April 30, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.