Bragg-Mitchell Mansion, Greek Revival mansion in Mobile, Alabama.
Bragg-Mitchell Mansion is a two-story house in Mobile, Alabama, built on a T-shaped plan in the Greek Revival style, with tall, spindly Doric-derived columns around a three-sided veranda. A bracketed cornice shows Italianate influence, a mix some call "bracketed Greek Revival". Of its fourteen rooms, seven are bedrooms; the ground floor has 15-foot ceilings.
Judge John Bragg bought the Springhill Avenue lot on 10 May 1855 for $7,500 and built the house, attributed to his brother, architect Alexander J. Bragg. The Bragg family sold it in 1880; it passed through the Pratt, Upham, Davis and Wingate families before A.S. Mitchell bought it in 1924. John Bragg died in 1878 and is buried in Magnolia Cemetery.
The house is attributed to Alexander J. Bragg, a local Alabama architect and brother of Judge John Bragg. Confederate General Braxton Bragg, another brother, was a frequent guest and lived on the property briefly after the Civil War while supervising construction of jetties at the mouth of Mobile Bay.
The Bragg–Mitchell Mansion is a house museum; tours are guided, and the house can be closed for private events, so confirm opening before travelling. The building sits at 1906 Springhill Avenue in Mobile.
During the Civil War, the large oak trees on the property were cut down to improve sight lines for defenders. These trees had once been a defining feature of the estate.
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