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

Mobile's First Jail

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

1. Mobile's First Jail Marker

Inscription.
Here
within Fort Charlotte
was Mobile's first jail.

Erected 1938 by the Historic Mobile Preservation Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Forts and Castles • Notable Places.

Location. 30° 41.293′ N, 88° 2.4′ W. Marker is in Mobile, Alabama, in Mobile County. It is on Theatre Street 0.1 miles west of South Royal Street, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 104 Theatre 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

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other markers are within walking distance of this marker: L'Arbre de Pau (within shouting distance of this marker); Site of Mobile's First Theater (within shouting distance of this marker); The Revolutionary War at Mobile (within shouting distance of this marker); The Site of Historic Fort Condé (within shouting distance of this marker); How Big was the Original Fort Condé? (within shouting distance of this marker); The Pelican Girls (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Lynching in America / The Lynching of Richard Robertson (about 400 feet away); Second Fort Conde Ruin (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mobile.

This building was Mobile's First Jail. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

2. This building was Mobile's First Jail.

Now the Conde-Charlotte Museum House

Historic Places plaque. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015

3. Historic Places plaque.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on July 29, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,073 times since then and 31 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 29, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.