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

The Quigley House

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

1. The Quigley House Marker

Inscription. Built in 1860 by George Gilmore, owned in 1866 by Dr. Edmund Pendleton Gaines, in 1901 by Mrs. Susan Quigley; this historic house was bought in 1963 by the City of Mobile and restored by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.

Erected 1966 by the Historic Mobile Preservation Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Notable Buildings. A significant historical year for this entry is 1860.

Location. 30° 41.213′ N, 88° 3.072′ W. Marker is in Mobile, Alabama, in Mobile County. It is at the intersection of Government Street (U.S. 90) and South Scott Street, on the right when traveling east on Government Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 751 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: Old Church Street Cemetery - 1819 (a few steps from this marker); Eugenie Marx (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Home of Raphael Semmes (about 400 feet away); Big Zion African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church (about 400 feet away); James W. Roper (about 500 feet away); The Kennedy-Cox House / Joshua Kennedy Jr. (about 600 feet away); Crewe of Columbus Birthplace

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(about 700 feet away); Shaarai Shomayim (about 700 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mobile.

The Quigley House image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

2. The Quigley House

Part of Historic American Building photograph collections. image. Click for full size.

Public Domain - E. W. Russell, August 23, 1936

3. Part of Historic American Building photograph collections.

Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

Junior Chamber of Commerce restoration of house plaque 1964-65 image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

4. Junior Chamber of Commerce restoration of house plaque 1964-65

Area surrounding marker along Government Street. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

5. Area surrounding marker along Government Street.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 28, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,360 times since then and 61 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 28, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.