Ann Street to Sage Avenue

There are six historic markers located in the Ann Street to Florida area. This area is bounded by Louiselle Street, Springhill Avenue, Item Avenue, and Emogene Street. A map of the area is provided on this site.

52: Springhill Avenue Temple--Sha'arai Shomayim Umaskil El Dol (The Gates of Heaven and the Society of the Friends of the Needy) Congregation.
Location: 1769 Springhill Ave. (west of Louiselle St.).
Text: Organized in Mobile on January 29, 1844, this Reform Jewish Congregation is the oldest in Alabama and one of the oldest in the United States. Members met in homes until December 27, 1846, when the St. Emanuel Street Temple was dedicated. The congregation soon outgrew this structure and built a new temple on Jackson Street, which was consecrated March 10, 1853. They worshipped there until 1907, when a new edifice was erected at the corner of Government and Warren Streets. Continued growth led to the construction of the present building, which was dedicated September 5, 1955. Incorporated into the design of this structure are architectural and decorative elements preserved from the Congregation's earlier houses of worship.

Alabama Historical Commission (not dated)

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53: Murphy High School.
Location: 100 S. Carlen Street,
Text: Built in 1926 on 28 acres from the Carlen Estates, to relieve overcrowding at Barton Academy when World War I soldiers returned to complete their education. Mobile architect George B. Rogers designed seven Spanish Revival Style buildings to serve all of Mobile County's grades 9-11. First named Mobile High, the school's name was changed in 1928 to honor Samuel Silenus Murphy, a superintendent of public education for twenty-five years. In 1982, Murphy was listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior. [Also see marker number 43.]

Alabama Historical Commission
Murphy Class of 2000

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54: Trinity Episcopal Church. Location: 1900 Dauphin St. (between Rickarby and Van Heuvel).
Text: Mobile's second Episcopal Church, organized in 1846 by the Rev. B. M. Miller. Church built 1853 during rectorship (1848-1 879) of the Rev. J. A. Massey. This original structure moved from Jackson and St. Anthony Streets and was reerected on this site in 1945 under rectorship (1925-1953) of the Rev. Herbert F. Schroeter. Parish House erected 1961-62.

Historic Mobile Preservation Society 1963

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55: The Bragg-Mitchell Home.
Location: 1906 Springhill Ave. (between Tuscaloosa and Stanton).
Text: Built for Judge John Bragg in 1855; Thomas James, supervising architect. After 1880 owned by Pratt, Upham, and Frank Davis families. Acquired 1925 by A. S. Mitchell, who restored the house and lived here forty years.

Historic Mobile Preservation Society 1966

56: Visitation Monastery and Academy. Location: 2300 Springhill Avenue (between Woodland and Levert).
Text: Founded January 29, 1833, at the request of Rt. Rev. Michael Portier, first Bishop of Mobile, Sisters from Visitation Monastery of Georgetown, D.C., under direction of Mother Madeleine Augustine D'Arreger, established the academy for girls. Renowned as an educational and cultural center in the South, the foundation served as a school until 1952 and now functions as a retreat house. Architect for the building was Claude Beroujon. [Also see marker numbers 31, 32, 33 and 58.]

Historic Mobile Preservation Society 1967

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57: Augusta Evans Girlhood Home.
Location: 2558 Springhill Ave.
Text: Georgia Cottage, built circa 1840. Girlhood home of Augusta Evans Wilson, famed Mobile Authoress.

Historic Mobile Preservation Society 1938 (replaced 1968)

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