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

Le Marquis de Lafayette visited Mobile

Photographed by Jeff Leichsenring, July 9, 2025

1. Le Marquis de Lafayette visited Mobile Marker

Inscription. On this site stood the home of Mayor Samuel H. Garrow, where the Marquis de Lafayette was entertained on his visit to Mobile, April 7, 1825. Lafayette, French officer, statesman, and hero of the American Revolution, visited the United States as "Guest of the Nation" in 1824-1825. Mobile gave an enthusiastic welcome to the distinguished general.

Erected 1975 by the Historic Mobile Preservation Society.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Notable Events • War, US Revolutionary. In addition, it is included in the Lafayette’s Farewell Tour series list. A significant historical date for this entry is April 7, 1825.

Location. 30° 41.342′ N, 88° 2.647′ 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 east on Government Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 301 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: Government Street Presbyterian Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Mobile City Limits (within shouting distance of this marker); WALA-TV, Channel 10 (about 400 feet away, measured

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in a direct line); Guesnard House (about 400 feet away); The Comic Cowboys of Mobile (about 400 feet away); Portier House (about 400 feet away); On this Spot Woodrow Wilson Said: (about 500 feet away); Wallace Turnage (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mobile.

More about this marker. Original marker was erected in 1936.

Also see . . . Lafayette's Visit to Alabama. (Submitted on July 28, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

2. Le Marquis de Lafayette visited Mobile Marker

View of marker in front of Holiday Inn. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

3. View of marker in front of Holiday Inn.

Le Marquis de Lafayette portrait image. Click for full size.

Public Domain, 1833

4. Le Marquis de Lafayette portrait

View east on Government Street. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

5. View east on Government Street.

Looking west on Government Street. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

6. Looking west on Government Street.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 10, 2025. It was originally submitted on July 28, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 2,064 times since then and 96 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 15, 2025, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 28, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.