Bellingrath Gardens and Home


  • Address: S of Theodore off AL 59
  • Hours: Daily8 AM - 5 PMTours begin at 9 AM, Last ticket sold at 3:30 PM. Magic Christmas in Lights8 AM 9 PMTours begin at 9 AM, Last ticket sold at 7:30 PM
  • Phone: (251) 973-2217
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Visit
  • Sight Category: Museums
  • Activity Category: Tour
  • Available for private functions


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Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1853/01/17 Alva Vanderbilt Belmont Born Alva Smith is born at home, 201 Government St, Mobile, Alabama. The mansion was built in 1852 and demolished c 1934, the bricks were used to build Bellingrath.
1935/00/00 George B Rogers Architect Bellingrath Home is built for Walter and Bessie Bellingrath, house includes Ironwork from the demolished Southern Hotel in Mobile
1939/00/00 Guest house with a six-car garage beneath is built

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Particulars for Bellingrath Gardens and Home:
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Physiographic feature Forest
Sight Category Historic District
Area of Significance Landscape Architecture
Architectural Style Late 19th and 20th century revivals
Owner Private
Architectural Style Second Renaissance Revival
Historic Use Single dwelling



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 19th October 1982

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Bellingrath Gardens and Home
Registry Address: S of Theodore off AL 59
Registry Number: 82001609
Resource Type: District
Owner: Private
Architect: Rogers,George B.
Architectural Style: Late 19th and 20th century revivals, Other
Attribute: Second Renaissance Reviva
Area in Acres: 6
Contributing Buildings: 5
Non-Contributing Buildings: 7
Contributing Sites: 1
Contributing Structures: 2
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: State
Area of Significance: Landscape architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Period of Significance: 1925-1949
Significant Year: 1927, 1939
Historic Function: Domestic, Landscape
Historic Sub-Function: Single dwelling, Forest
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Landscape
Current Sub-Function: Museum Forest

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