Hunter House
National Register of Historic Places

Hunter House

Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama
Listed
March 7, 1985
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
85000446

About this property

The Bettie Hunter House is a historic African American residence in Mobile, Alabama, United States. It was the residence of Bettie Hunter, a former enslaved African who grew wealthy from a successful hack and carriage business she operated in Mobile with her brother, Henry. The fall of New Orleans during the American Civil War had made Mobile the South's only major port on the Gulf of Mexico.

Location

504 St. Francis St.
Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama
30.69079, -88.04899

Federal Designation

The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance. Listing on the National Register recognizes a property's importance to American history but does not place restrictions on private owners; it does, however, make properties eligible for federal historic preservation tax incentives and enables consideration in federal planning decisions. This property is recorded in the National Register under reference number 85000446. It was listed on March 7, 1985.

Categories

BLACKARCHITECTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Nearby Historic Sites

Metzger House
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0.1 mi
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0.1 mi
St. Louis Street Missionary Baptist Church
Colonial
0.1 mi

Nearby Battles

Capture of Fort Charlotte (Mobile)
1813Early Republic
0.4 mi
De Soto – Battle near Mobile Bay 1540
1540Colonial
0.4 mi
Confederate Surrender — Taylor in Alabama
1865Civil War
0.4 mi
Battle of Mobile (Spanish 1780)
1780Revolutionary War
0.5 mi

Questions about this property

When was Hunter House listed on the National Register?

Hunter House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 1985.

What type of historic resource is Hunter House?

Hunter House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Hunter House?

The period of significance for Hunter House is recorded as the civil_war era.

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