Guest, Sign inJoin

Post to Mobile

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in
Hunter House
Photo: Altairisfar, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · tap to enlarge
National Register of Historic Places

Hunter House

On the National Register since 198541 years
ItalianateListed 1985Mobile
DirectionsAdd an old photo

Many listed buildings are private homes. Please enjoy them from the street.

About

About Hunter House

Hunter House, at 504 St. Francis St., was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Mar 7, 1985. The Register lists it for its black history and architecture, at the local level. It describes its style as Italianate, as it does for 73 other Alabama listings. 21 more Register listings are within a quarter mile.

What it isHistoric house in Mobile, Alabama, United States. From Wikidata (CC0). Read about it on Wikipedia ↗

PDFRead the original nominationThe form that put it on the Register, with its history, photos and a map · 32 MB · National Archives↗
Through the years

1878 to today

  1. 1878Built
  2. 1985Added to the National Register of Historic Places
  3. 2026On the Register for 41 years
Visit

Make it a walk: 5 landmarks in about 5 minutes

504 St. Francis St., Mobile · about 0.2 miles on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Hunter HouseStart here
  2. 2Fire Station No. 5Greek Revival · next door
  3. 3Metzger HouseItalianate · next door
  4. 4Lower Dauphin Street Commercial DistrictDistrict · next door
  5. 5Dahm HouseVictorian · next door
Around it

41 more Register listings within half a mile

★ National Historic Landmark · D district · B building · S site. Each opens its own page.

BDenby HouseBuilding0.1 miBBarton AcademyBuilt 18520.1 miBEmanuel AME ChurchGothic Revival0.1 miBSt. Louis Street Missionary Baptist ChurchRenaissance0.1 miBTurner-Todd Motor CompanyEarly 20th Century American Movements0.1 miDAutomobile Alley Historic District (Boundary Increase)District0.1 miBVickers and Schumacher BuildingsBuilt 18660.2 miBMartin Horst HouseItalianate0.2 miBBishop Portier HouseCreole Cottage · Built 18340.2 miDLower Dauphin Street Historic DistrictFederal0.2 miBMeaher-Zoghby HouseBuilding0.2 miDLower Dauphin Street Commercial District (Boundary Increase II)Early Republic0.2 miBCavellero HouseFederal · Built 18350.2 miBScottish Rites TempleEgyptian Revival · Built 19220.2 miDLower Dauphin Street Commercial District (Boundary Increase III)Classical Revival0.2 miBPhillipi HouseBuilding0.2 miBState Street A.M.E. Zion ChurchRomanesque Revival0.2 miBRaphael Semmes HouseFederal0.3 mi
Show the other 23
DChurch Street East Historic DistrictFederal0.3 miBConvent of MercyEnglish Early Baroque Revival · Built 19080.3 mi★Government Street Presbyterian ChurchGreek Revival · Built 18360.3 miBSaint Joseph's Roman Catholic ChurchGothic Revival0.3 miDLower Dauphin Street Historic District (Boundary Increase)Federal0.3 miBU.S. Marine HospitalClassical Revival0.3 miBNeville HouseItalianate0.3 miBSt. Francis Street Methodist ChurchHigh Victorian0.3 miBJoseph Jossen HouseQueen Anne0.3 miBInternational Longshoreman's Association HallArt Moderne0.3 miBMobile City HospitalGreek Revival0.4 miBUnited States Court House and Custom HouseLate 19th and 20th Century Revivals0.4 miBDavis Avenue Branch, Mobile Public LibraryNeo-Classic0.4 miDDe Tonti Square Historic DistrictFederal0.4 miBStone Street Baptist ChurchEclectic0.4 miBProtestant Children's HomeLate Federal0.5 miSFort Conde-CharlotteBuilt 17230.5 miDChurch Street East Historic District (Boundary Increase II)Two-Part Commercial Block0.5 miBPincus BuildingVictorian Eclecticism · Built 18910.5 miBCaldwell SchoolModern Movement · Built 18870.5 miBBattle House RoyaleGeorgian Revival · Built 18520.5 miBFirst National BankNeo-Classical Revival0.5 miBEmanuel BuildingFederal0.5 mi
More like it

Italianate style, nearby

Other National Register listings within 25 miles described as Italianate.

Metzger House0.1 mi away
Martin Horst House0.2 mi away
Neville House0.3 mi away
Oakleigh Garden Historic District (Boundary Increase)1 mi away

Memories of Hunter House

The record says what it is. Neighbors know what it means.

Town Square →
Weigh in
Have you been to Hunter House?

Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.

Start a conversation
Have an old photo of it?Add it · +10

Questions about Hunter House

Is Hunter House on the National Register of Historic Places?

Yes. It was added on Mar 7, 1985 (Register number 85000446).

Is Hunter House a National Historic Landmark?

No. It is on the National Register; Alabama has 36 National Historic Landmarks. The nearest is Government Street Presbyterian Church, 0.3 miles away.

Can you visit Hunter House?

Our record doesn’t say whether it is open to visitors. Many listed buildings are private, so it may only be seen from the street.

Where can I read the history of Hunter House?

In its National Register nomination, the form that put it on the Register: a 32 MB PDF at the National Archives, linked on this page.

Sources: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · National Archives catalog record 77836965 · Wikidata. Map tiles © OpenStreetMap contributors.