Springhill Avenue Area

There are three historic markers located in the Springhill Avenue area. The area is small enough to allow interested parties to view the markers via a walking tour. This area is bordered by Springhill Avenue, McGregor Avenue, Old Shell Road, and College Lane. A map of the area is provided on this site.

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57: St. Paul's Episcopal Church.
Location: Old Shell Rd. (1/2 blk w. of Tuthill). Text: Established 1858. Land acquired 1850. Chapel completed 1859. Design attributed to parishioners John C. Dawson and Albert Stein, a distinguished hydraulics engineer. Consecrated 1861 by First Bishop of Mississippi, William Mercer Green. Renowned Richard Hooker Wilmer, Second Bishop of Alabama, only bishop consecrated in Episcopal Church, C.S.A., a founder of Mobile Infirmary and Wilmer Hall, ministered here 1865-1900.

Historic Mobile Preservation Society 1969

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58: Spring Hill College.
Location: Old Shell Rd (1/2 blk w. of Tuthill).
Text: Founded 1830. The first institution of higher learning in Alabama. Federal troops bivouacked here after Mobile fell, April 12, 1865. The college has been under the Jesuit Fathers since 1847. [Also see marker numbers 31, 32, 33 and 56.]

Historic Mobile Preservation Society 1951

59: Springhill Graveyard.
Location: Mordecai Lane.
Text: Established 1844 by deed of Judge of County Court of Mobile County. Administered by Spring Hill Cemetery Association.

Erected by Spring Hill Garden Club and
Historic Mobile Preservation Society 1971

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