Mobile - Oakleigh Period Museum House
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Oakleigh was built in 1833 for James Roper, a prominent merchant, the house has been restored and furnished with antiques of the early Victorian, Empire and Regency periods. Within the Oakleigh complex is the Minnie Mitchell Archives.
Next to the mansion is the Cox-Deasey House, a raised Creole cottage typical of Mobile's middle-class city dwellers in the 1850s. Built by a brick mason for his wife and 11 children, the displays cover the period up to and including WW II.
Cook's House was built in 1850 as the slaves quarters.
Next to the mansion is the Cox-Deasey House, a raised Creole cottage typical of Mobile's middle-class city dwellers in the 1850s. Built by a brick mason for his wife and 11 children, the displays cover the period up to and including WW II.
Cook's House was built in 1850 as the slaves quarters.
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Address:
Oakleigh Period House Museum, 300 Oakleigh Place, Mobile, AL 36604-2910, United States
Phone: 1 (251) 432-1281, Fax: 1 (251) 432-8843
Phone: 1 (251) 432-1281, Fax: 1 (251) 432-8843
Hours:
10am-4pm; Closed: Sun, Mon, Tue
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Memorial Day - USA (last Monday, May ), American Independance Day (July 4), Labor Day - USA (1st Monday, September), Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November ), Christmas - Christian (December 25), Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24), Easter - Christian
Tips: Military discount - $1.00 off admission
Veterans discount - $1.00 off admission
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