Chuck - I can give you the Roman Catholic Churches for the 1800s. The first church on present site of Cathedral of Immaculate Conception 1828, cornerstone of present structure laid 1835, church consecrated 1850 , located on So. Claiborne St. between Dauphin and DConti Sts. Following this: St. Vincent Church, now Prince of Peace, 454 Charleston St., est 1847 St. Joseph (Maysville), 1703 Dublin St., est. 1857 St. Francis Xavier, 2034 St. Stephens, est. 1860 St. Bridget, 3625 W. Main St. Whistler, est. 1864 St. Patrick on Beauregard, closed in 1970s (records at Cathedral), est. 1866 St. Mary, 1453 Old Shell Rd. & Lafayette, est. 1867 St. Matthew, 906 Garrity St., est. 1898 Most Pure Heart of Mary, 304 Sengstak St., est. 1899 Some of the Protestant Churches are as follows: Franklin Street Methodist Episcopal St., corner Franklin & St. Michael Sts., est 1826, moved 1890 to corner of Broad and Government and became Government St. United Methodist Church Christ Episcopal Church, Church & Emmanuel Sts., cornerstone of present church laid 1835 Government St. Presbyterian Church, Government & Jackson Sts. , completed 1837 St. Francis St. United Methodist, St. Francis & Joachim, est. 1840 Trinity Episcopal Church, corner St. Anthony & Jackson, est. 1853, moved to 1900 Dauphin St. in 1945 State St. A.M.E. Zion, State St. , est. 1854 St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 4051 Old Shell Rd, est. 1858 Big Zion African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, 112 S.Bayou St., est. 1860 My information about the Catholic churches comes from the Archives of the Archdiocese of Mobile. Information on Protestant churches was gleaned from pamphlets issued by some of the churches from a walking tour and books titled: Historic Mobile, An Illustrated Guide, pub. in 1974 by the Junior League; Old Mobile Photograph Album published by First Federal in 1961; Where Time Bears Witness to Sound Building:Historic Buildings of Old Mobile, pub. 1935 by First National Bank. I hope this is of some help to you. You understand that some of the dates are when these congregations were established but it was a few years before their churches were built. Also, members of the Jewish faith have two very old congregations, both of which were established nearer to town than they are now. The synagogue of the Conservative Jewish congregation in Regency Place is Ahavas Chesed; and the temple of the Reform Jewish congregation is known as the Spring Hill Avenue Temple 'though it also has a Jewish name. Both, I think, were originally downtown and well over 100 years old. It is too late at night for me to check on that but can find out later if you need it. Perilla in Mobile On Thu, 14 Feb 2002 09:05:11 -0500 Chuck Russell <crussell4@earthlink.net> writes: > I would appreciate it if someone could get the names and > addresses of the churches in Mobile City around 1850 and > 1890.I expect that the City Directories at the Civic Archive > would be the best source. If there is a better source, I'd > appreciate knowing about it. > > This list would make ordering LDS films more accurate. > > Thanks. > Chuck Russell in Great Neck, NY > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >