Protestant Children's Home
National Register of Historic Places

Protestant Children's Home

Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama
Listed
June 17, 1973
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
73000364

About this property

The Protestant Children's Home, also known as the Protestant Orphans' Asylum, is a historic orphanage building in Mobile, Alabama, United States. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1973. In 2015 the building was leased to the Infant Mystics society which began using it as a meeting lodge, renaming the place Cotton Hall.

Location

911 Dauphin St.
Mobile, Mobile County, Alabama
30.68740, -88.05553

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 73000364. It was listed on June 17, 1973.

Categories

ARCHITECTURESOCIAL HISTORY
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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

Convent of Mercy
Industrial
0.2 mi
Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church
Industrial
0.2 mi
Vickers and Schumacher Buildings
Civil War
0.3 mi

Nearby Battles

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

Questions about this property

When was Protestant Children's Home listed on the National Register?

Protestant Children's Home was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 17, 1973.

What type of historic resource is Protestant Children's Home?

Protestant Children's Home is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Protestant Children's Home?

The period of significance for Protestant Children's Home is recorded as the civil_war era.

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