53: Murphy High School.
Location: 100 S. Carlen Street,
Text: Built in 1926 on 28 acres from the Carlen Estates, to relieve overcrowding at Barton
Academy when World War I soldiers returned to complete their education. Mobile architect
George B. Rogers designed seven Spanish Revival Style buildings to serve all of Mobile
County's grades 9-11. First named Mobile High, the school's name was changed in 1928 to
honor Samuel Silenus Murphy, a superintendent of public education for twenty-five years.
In 1982, Murphy was listed in the National Register of Historic Places by the United
States Department of the Interior. Alabama Historical
Commission
Murphy Class of 2000 |
