Pfau-Crichton Cottage, Historic Gulf Coast cottage in Mobile, Alabama.

Pfau-Crichton Cottage is a wood-frame residence located on a small property along Old Shell Road. The site includes a main house with rooms connected directly to each other without hallways, plus a detached kitchen and chapel linked by brick walkways.

The 1½-story wood-frame Gulf Coast cottage was completed in 1862 for the Pfau family. Anne Randolph Crichton, its best-known resident, enlisted in the Navy at the outbreak of World War I and served until her retirement in the 1950s. The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 18, 1984, as part of the 19th Century Spring Hill Neighborhood Thematic Resource. After decades of vacancy it was restored and an addition built in 2018 for use as offices.

The property contains three distinct structures that show how Gulf Coast residents lived during the mid-1800s. The way rooms connect without hallways reflects the practical needs and daily rhythms of households from that era.

The cottage stands on Old Shell Road in the Spring Hill area of Mobile, listed on the National Register since 1984. It was restored and given an addition in 2018 by a real estate company for use as offices, so the interior is working space rather than a museum. The brick walkways link the cottage, the outlying kitchen and the chapel; visitors can follow them to see all three structures from outside.

The property holds three structures: the cottage, a detached kitchen and a chapel, all linked by brick walkways that also lead to the garden areas. The upper floor of the cottage is a single storage room of about 700 square feet, while the ground floor has no hallways at all.