STATE: Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (J«ly 1969) ALABAMA COUNTY: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES MOBILE INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY

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(^MartinNHorst^House ^ji?i-U7;:>>x AND/OR HISTORIC: ^r^^s^ "§\ III li^iliiipij^ STREET AND NUMBER: 407 Conti Street \^ V\»^ /~\9j^ ..A/ \^ \ * **i«vv>*' -• * / CITY OR TOWN: \ o\ ^* XS 7 Mobile

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CATEGORY OWNERSHIP STATUS ACCESS.BLE (Check One) TO THE PUBLIC Z Q District gjr] Building D Public Public Acquisition: D Occupied Yes: O r—i it • j Ix) Restricted n Site Q Structure 52 Private Q In Process Of] Unoccupied "^ r—io . , O Unrestricted Q Object D Botn D Being Considered LJ Preservation work h- in progress ' — '

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15 |~~1 Agricultural [ | Government |~| Park (~1 Transportation D Comments n Commercial d Industrial Jx) Private Residence PI Other fSoeclfyl d] Educational CH Mi itary Q Religious

I | Entertainment CD Museum [~] Scientific ...... ^ OWNER'S NAME: Mobile Historic Development Commission LJJ STREET AND NUMBER: n LU 201 N. Conception Street to CITY OR TOWN: STA"FE: CODE Mobile Alaibama 01

COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS, ETC: Mobile County Courthouse COUNTY: STREET AND NUMBER: South Royal Street CITY OR TOWN: STA"rE CODE Mobile Alaibama 01

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Historic American Buildings Survey •n DATE OF SURVEY: 1934 C§ Federal n State Q County Q Local O NUMBERY TO DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: Z Tl Library of Congress C STREET AND NUMBER: in m ^ O r~z CITY OR TOWN: STAT E: CODE Washington D. ^ DATE C. 08 ^1 • N X (Check One)

[xl Excellent D Good D Fa" 2D Deteriorated Q Ruins f~l Unexposed CONDITION (Check One) (Check One)

D Altered £ | Unaltered n Moved JX) Original Site DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (if known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE The Martin Horst House is a two-story hrjjck building with a service wing which can be used separately from the house. This service wing is one room deep and three rooms long. It, along with the carriage house and formal garden encloses a courtyard which is paved with brick.

A balcony across the front is supported by cast iron columns. There 4re four^windows on the first floor front. Two on either side of the double <£oor which has an arched double lighted transom. Five windows cross the second floor on the front. There are four windows on each floor of the two sides. The front windows on each floor are somewhat longer than the others, the extra length being at the bottom. All windows have shutters and are framed by slightly arching cornices and sills of cast iron. The door has a similar cornice. The wall extends above the roof line in a parapet with a bracketed cornice projecting from the wall at about the roof line. The roof is slate and the house has four end-interior chimneys.

A double gallery runs across the back of the house and.along the ser­ rn vice wing. It

SPECIFIC PATEtSi (It Applicable and Known) / ^ fc 7^ V AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate) Abor iginal [ I Education a Political Ii Urban Planning [3 Prehistoric [~| Engineering a Religion/ Phi­ Q Other (Specify) CJ Historic [3 Industry losophy | | Agriculture [ | Invention a Science B3 Architecture I| Landscape a Sculpture D Art Architecture a Social/Human­ f~l Commerce n Literature itarian f~l Communications Q Military a Theater f~l Conservation n Music a Transportation

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE The Martin Horst House, located in the Church Street East Historic District, represents the finest residential architecture of its time. Built in the Italianate style, it has some Greek Revival detailing. z This land was included in the Spanish grant of 1798 (confirmed 1806) o to Thomas Price, an Indian interpreter. The property was acquired by Martin and Apolonia Horst in 1866 from Mrs. Henrietta D4olhonde for $4,000. Martin Horst, a German immigrant, was a prosperous businessman. He served as Mayor of Mobile in 1870-71, and is credited with breaking the carpet­ u bagger rule, which held sway at the outset of the Reconstruction Era.

Construction was begun September 1867 by builder and contractor George Woodward Cox, at an estimated cost of $19,000. The house was com­ pleted by January, 1868. Cox also built a number of other fine struc­ tures in Mobile. In 1923, the Horst heirs sold the property to Kaheel Zogby, who sold it to J. Albert Schock in 1964. The Mobile Historic Development Commission acquired the property in 1966.

LU UJ t/t IM^HHlMiilliiiiifiiifigH^^ Abstracts on file at the Mobile Historic Development Commission, Mobile, Alabama. Hamilton, P. S., Colonial Mobile, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1897. Mobile Daily Register, October 8, 1878. Owen, Thomas, History of Alabama and Dictionary of Alabama Biography, Vol III, Chicago: S. J. Clark Publishing Co., 1921.

LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE COORDINATES DEFINING A RECTANGLE LOCATING THE PROPERTY DEFINING THE CENTER POINT OF A PROPERTY OF LESS THAN TEN ACRES

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Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds Degrees Minutes Seconds N W 30 41' 21.1" 86? 02' 47.7 NE SE

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c NAME AND TITLE: o W. Warner Floyd, Executive Director ORGANIZATION H Alabama Historical Commission May 19, 1971 STREET AND NUMBER: O 305 South Lawrence Street Z CITY OR TOWN: TATE 01 M£ T!tg!?ff f> 'T) Alabama

As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na­ I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion National Register. in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended ____fl Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic Ptfeservatit level of significance of this nomination is: National Q State n Local JUN 2 1 1971

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