Monterey Place
National Register of Historic Places

Monterey Place

Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama
Listed
January 5, 1984
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
84000680

About this property

Monterey Place, best known as the Shepard House, is a historic residence in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The house was designed by architect George Franklin Barber in 1897 for Charles Martin Shepard, the general passenger agent for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad in Mobile. Shepard's daughters, Kate and Isabel, began to use the house as a boarding school in 1910.

Location

1552 Monterey Pl.
Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama
30.68422, -88.07419

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 84000680. It was listed on January 5, 1984.

Categories

EDUCATIONARCHITECTURE
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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

South Lafayette Street Creole Cottages
Civil War
0.2 mi
Gates-Daves House
Early Republic
0.2 mi
Midtown Historic District
Listed
0.5 mi
Paterson House
Industrial
0.5 mi

Nearby Battles

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

Questions about this property

When was Monterey Place listed on the National Register?

Monterey Place was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 5, 1984.

What type of historic resource is Monterey Place?

Monterey Place is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Monterey Place?

The period of significance for Monterey Place is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1897.

Can I research the history near Monterey Place?

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