Walking tours of Mobile
Greek Revival is the label the register puts on more Mobile buildings than any other, 23 of them. The 1920s account for more of that work than any other decade.
4 themed routes run through those listings. Of the routes below, two follow a single style and two follow one kind of building. A subject becomes a route only where the register holds enough of it close enough together to walk.
Every listing in Mobile → · 126 in all
The routes
- StyleGreek Revival architecture in Mobile10 stops · 1.9 miles · stops last changed Oct 16, 2026Greek Revival buildings carry low pitched gables, heavy cornices and columned porticoes modelled on Greek temples. The Mobile examples on this route went up between 1836 and 1852.
- StyleRenaissance Revival architecture in Mobile12 stops · 2.1 miles · stops last changed Oct 16, 2026Renaissance Revival draws on the Italian palazzo, with a rusticated ground floor, round arched windows and a strong horizontal cornice.
- Building typeHouses and mansions in Mobile14 stops · 1.6 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026The route links houses built between 1822 and 1878. Many are private homes and the stops are meant to be seen from the sidewalk.
- Building typeChurches and temples in Mobile10 stops · 1.8 miles · stops last changed Sep 18, 2026The route links churches built between 1836 and 1946. Congregations still use many of them and access depends on the hours they keep.
Every route holds at least ten stops and stays under two and a half miles. Routes are computed from the coordinates in the National Park Service National Register spatial data or, where it has no point, Wikidata, and the distances are straight lines between stops. Listings with a restricted address in the Register are never mapped and never become stops. Data refreshed November 02, 2026.
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