Mobile, AL, 36607
251-471-6364
URL : http://www.braggmitchellmansion.com
overview : Surrounded by a grove of stately live oaks, the Bragg-Mitchell Mansion is one of the Gulf Coast's grandest antebellum mansions. - When it was built in 1855 by Judge John Bragg, the house was the center of the lively social life of the thriving cotton port of Mobile. - Today, the mansion is the most photographed building in Mobile and offers a rare opportunity to glimpse life as it was lived in the Old South
collections : Restored at a cost of over million, the mansion is beautifully furnished with fine antiques and exquisite draperies. - The distinct design of the house with it's 16 slender fluted columns and bracketed cornice combines many styles of the antebellum architecture primarily Greek Revival and Italianate.
topics : historic, homes, civil, war, plantations, slavery
