International Longshoreman's Association Hall (Mobile, Alabama)


International Longshoreman's Association Hall
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
International Longshoreman's Association Hall in 2011
Show map of Alabama Show map of the US
Location	505 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive Mobile, Alabama, United States
Coordinates	30°41′39″N 88°2′58″W / 30.69417°N 88.04944°W / 30.69417; -88.04944Coordinates: 30°41′39″N 88°2′58″W / 30.69417°N 88.04944°W / 30.69417; -88.04944
Built	1949
Architectural style	Art Moderne
NRHP Reference #	11000408
Added to NRHP	June 27, 2011

The International Longshoreman's Association Hall is a historic labor union meeting hall in Mobile, Alabama. The International Longshoremen's Association established the Mobile chapter in 1936 in order to represent the city's African American longshoremen. The hall was built in 1949 in the Art Moderne style. Many prominent African-American entertainers performed in its auditorium. It became a gathering place during the Civil Rights Movement. On January 1, 1959 it became the only place in Mobile to host a speaking engagement by Martin Luther King Jr. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 27, 2011.^[1]

References

↑ "Davis Avenue Recreation Center in Mobile listed in the National Register" (PDF). Alabama Historical Commission. Retrieved November 16, 2011.

National Register of Historic Places in Mobile, Alabama

National Historic Landmarks	Government Street Presbyterian Church Mobile City Hall USS Alabama USS Drum

Historic districts	Africatown Historic District Ashland Place Historic District The Campground Church Street East Historic District Common Street District Convent and Academy of the Visitation De Tonti Square Historic District Leinkauf Historic District Lower Dauphin Street Historic District Maysville Historic District Midtown Historic District Oakleigh Garden Historic District Old Dauphin Way Historic District

Other properties	Aimwell Baptist Church Wade Askew House Azalea Court Apartments Barton Academy Battle House Royale Beal–Gaillard House Bettie Hunter House Bragg–Mitchell Mansion Brisk & Jacobson Store Caldwell School Carlen House Carolina Hall Cavallero House Center–Gaillard House U. J. Cleveland House Coley Building Collins–Marston House Collins–Robinson House Convent of Mercy D'Iberville Apartments Dahm House Davis Avenue Branch, Mobile Public Library Davis Avenue Recreation Center Denby House Emanuel AME Church Emanuel Building George Fearn House Fire Station No. 5 First National Bank Fort Conde Gates–Daves House Georgia Cottage Greene–Marston House Gulf, Mobile and Ohio Passenger Terminal Hawthorn House Martin Horst House International Longshoreman's Association Hall Joseph Jossen House Kirkbride House George Levy House Martin Lindsey House Magnolia Cemetery Meaher–Zoghby House Ernest Megginson House Metzger House Miller–O'Donnell House Mobile City Hospital Monterey Place James Arthur Morrison House Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church No.1 Murphy High School Neville House Oakleigh Paterson House J. E. Paterson House Dave Patton House Pfau–Crichton Cottage Phillipi House Pincus Building Bishop Portier House Protestant Children's Home Roberts House Ross Knox House St. Francis Street Methodist Church Saint Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Church Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church St. Louis Street Missionary Baptist Church Saint Matthew's Catholic Church Saint Paul's Episcopal Chapel Saint Vincent de Paul Scottish Rite Temple Raphael Semmes House Sodality Chapel South Lafayette Street Creole Cottages Robert L. Spotswood House Spring Hill College Quadrangle State Street AME Zion Church Amelia Stewart House Stewartfield Stone Street Baptist Church Stone Street Cemetery Trinity Episcopal Church Tschiener House Turner-Todd Motor Company United States Court House and Custom House United States Marine Hospital Arthur VanderSys House Jacob VanderSys House Vickers and Schumacher Buildings Joseph M. Walker House Weems House

Multiple property submissions	19th Century Spring Hill Neighborhood Thematic Resource Historic Roman Catholic Properties in Mobile Multiple Property Submission Spanish Revival Residences in Mobile Multiple Property Submission

See also: National Register of Historic Places listings in Mobile, Alabama and List of National Historic Landmarks in Alabama

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Topics	Architectural style categories Contributing property Historic district History of the National Register of Historic Places Keeper of the Register National Park Service Property types

Lists by states	Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming

Lists by insular areas	American Samoa Guam Minor Outlying Islands Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico Virgin Islands

Lists by associated states	Federated States of Micronesia Marshall Islands Palau

Other areas	District of Columbia Morocco

Portal WikiProject

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/28/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.