Mobile in Mobile County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Site of Mobile's First Theater
Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015
1. Site of Mobile's First Theater Marker
whence Theater Street
derives its name
Erected 1939 by the Historic Mobile Preservation Society.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Entertainment. A significant historical year for this entry is 1824.
Location. 30° 41.294′ N, 88° 2.376′ W. Marker is in Mobile, Alabama, in Mobile County. It is at the intersection of Theatre Street and South Royal Street, on the right when traveling west on Theatre Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 165 South Royal 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
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Revolutionary War at Mobile (a few steps from this marker); L'Arbre de Pau (a few steps from this marker); Mobile's First Jail (within shouting distance of this marker); How Big was the Original Fort Condι? (within shouting distance of this marker); The Site of Historic Fort Condι (within shouting distance of this marker); The Pelican Girls (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Second Fort Conde Ruin (about 400 feet away); Lynching in America / The Lynching of Richard Robertson (about 400 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mobile.
Also see . . . More about Noah Ludlow. (Submitted on July 29, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, July 26, 2015
2. Former location of the first theater in Mobile.
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 887 times since then and 19 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on July 29, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
