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

The Mobile Bar Association

Alabama's First Bar Association

Photographed by Stephen Bell, February 21, 2011

1. The Mobile Bar Association Marker

Inscription. On March 29, 1869, 32 attorneys organized the Mobile Bar Association, the first bar association in Alabama and the 14th oldest bar association in the entire nation. They filed the Association's Declaration of Incorporation on April 12, 1869, having contributed $5,000.00 in capital, and established a law library in the City of Mobile.

Original Members:
P. Hamilton • Thos. A. Hamilton • Henry St. Paul • Thos. N. Macartney • H. Austill • Robt. H. Smith • Wm. G. Jones • Thos. H. Price • Thomas E. Herndon • D.C. Anderson • M.E. Macartney • Hugh L. Cole • E.S. Dargan • D.P. Bestor • L. Gibbons • A.R. Manning • George A. Stewart • W.C. Easton • G.Y. Overall • R. Inge Smith • Percy Walker • J. Little Smith • M.B. Jones • A.M. Granger • Jno A. Tompkins • W. Boyles • G. Horton • A.E. Buck • James Bond • Harry T. Toulmin • James Gillette • C.F. Moulton

Dedicated in commemoration of the 130th anniversary of the founding this 15th day of April, 1999

Erected 1999 by Alabama State Bar.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • Industry & Commerce. A significant historical date for this entry is March 29, 1869.

Location. 30° 41.384′ N, 88° 2.5′

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W. Marker is in Mobile, Alabama, in Mobile County. It is on Government Street east of South Conception Street, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 153 Government Street, Mobile AL 36602, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Alabama’s Gulf Coast

and in Mobile Bay.

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 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: Office of Dr. Henry S. LeVert, 1804-1864. (a few steps from this marker); The La Clede Hotel (within shouting distance of this marker); Oldest Episcopal Church in the State (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Christ Church (about 300 feet away); Lynching in America / The Lynching of Richard Robertson (about 400 feet away); Second Fort Conde Ruin (about 400 feet away); WALA-TV, Channel 10 (about 500 feet away); Mobile's First Mardi Gras Parade (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mobile.

Also see . . . History of the Mobile Bar Association. (Submitted on March 6, 2011, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.)

Photographed by Stephen Bell, February 21, 2011

2. The Mobile Bar Association Marker

Photographed by Stephen Bell, February 21, 2011

3. The Mobile Bar Association Marker

Building Address Plaque

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on March 5, 2011, by Stephen Bell of Biloxi, Mississippi. This page has been viewed 1,562 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on March 5, 2011, by Stephen Bell of Biloxi, Mississippi. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.