Key West in Monroe County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)

Mallory Square

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 17, 2024

1. Mallory Square Marker

Inscription. The Mallory Square area was the hub of Key West's wrecking industry in the 19th Century. it includes warehouses where salvage from the ships wrecked on the reef, were stored and auctioned. Named for Stephen R. Mallory, who left the United States Senate to become Secretary of the Navy for the Confederacy States. Located here:

• Hospitality House, originally the offices for the Clyde Mallory Steamship Co., and now the home of the Old Island Restoration.
• Two cable houses used to store the underwater cable for repairing telegraph wires between Key West and Cuba.
• Tift's Ica House (shell Warehouse) and Company offices (Key West Chamber of Commerce): Native Stone structures (Circa 1847). The oldest commercial buildings on the island.
• Waterfront Playhouse, circe 1850, and was used for storage of salvaged goods awaiting auction.
•T wo-walled cisterns that were used to supply water for ships.
•A brick warehouse built by William H. Wall, a shipwrecked Englishman who made his fortune in the wrecking business.
• Key West Aquarium built in the 1930's as a federal relief project.
• Babcocks Gocery circa 1899 now the Key

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West Art center.
• Old Fisherman's Cafe (Caribbean Cargo) moved to this site in 1981.

Mallory Square is known worldwide for its celebration of sunset adn the hub of the city's tourism industry. Map available upon request in Tift's Ice house. (The Shell Warehouse)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Places.

Location. 24° 33.559′ N, 81° 48.409′ W. Marker is in Key West, Florida, in Monroe County. It can be reached from the intersection of Wall Street and Tifts Street, on the left when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 361 Front St, Key West FL 33040, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on the Florida Keys.

It is also in the American South

and on the Gulf Coast.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

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

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the

Photographed by Darren Jefferson Clay, March 17, 2024

2. Mallory Square Marker

Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Mary (here, next to this marker); Mel Fisher and 1622 Fleet Shipwreck Memorial (a few steps from this marker); The Conch Republic (a few steps from this marker); a different marker also named The Conch Republic (a few steps from this marker); Island Welcome Center (Tift & Co.) Shell Warehouse (Ice House) (a few steps from this marker); One-ton slab of marble (a few steps from this marker); "The Wreckers" (within shouting distance of this marker); Wreckers (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Key West.

Waterside view of Mallory Square image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Pete Payette, May 7, 2024

3. Waterside view of Mallory Square

Credits. This page was last revised on May 14, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 29, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. This page has been viewed 322 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 30, 2024, by Darren Jefferson Clay of Duluth, Georgia. 3. submitted on May 13, 2024, by Pete Payette of Orange, Virginia. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.