Government Street Presbyterian Church in Mobile, Alabama is one of the oldest and least-altered Greek Revival church buildings in the United States. The architectural design is by James Gallier Sr., J
Government Street Presbyterian Church in 2007.
An 1838 engraving of the church before the steeple was destroyed.
The interior as seen from the rear gallery, looking toward the altar, in 1934.
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James Gallier was a prominent nineteenth-century Irish-born American architect, most famed for his buildings in New Orleans. Gallier Hall, which he designed and once served as New Orleans City Hall, i
Government Street Presbyterian Church
…Church in Mobile, Alabama is one of the oldest and least-altered Greek Revival church buildings in the United States. The architectural design is by James Gallier Sr., James H. Dakin, and Charles Dakin. The trio also designed Barton Academy, four blocks down Government Street to the west. Government Street Presbyterian…
Portrait photograph of American architect James Gallier, Sr., ca. 1860.
The St. Charles Hotel as it looked from Canal Street, 1847.
The St. Charles Hotel burning, January 1851.
Gallier Hall on Lafayette Square (1853).