Hawthorn House, National Register of Historic Places site in Mobile, Alabama.
Hawthorn House was a 1.5-story wood-frame residence with a brick foundation located on Stanton Road in Mobile. The structure followed the Gulf Coast Cottage architectural style typical of mid-19th century homes in the region.
Joshua K. Hawthorn built this house in 1853 during an important period of architectural development along the Gulf Coast. The building stood until its demolition in October 2021.
Built in 1853, the house shows how Gulf Coast Cottage design adapted European cottage forms to the warm, humid climate of Mobile. Its 1+1⁄2-story wood frame on a brick foundation, with the roof extending over a porch, is a form repeated in 19th-century neighbourhoods along the Gulf.
The house stood in Mobile, Alabama, and was demolished in October 2021, so nothing remains to visit on site. Its National Register listing, dated May 21, 1984, and photographs are the surviving record of the building.
The house was demolished in October 2021, so nothing of the 1853 structure remains on the Mobile lot; the National Register listing of May 21, 1984, survives as a paper record of its Gulf Coast Cottage form.
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