The George Leatherbury House was a historic house along the shore of Portersville Bay, halfway between Bayou La Batre and Bayou Coden, in southern Mobile County, Alabama.
George Leatherbury House | |
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| Location | Shell Belt Rd. SE of Sans Souci Beach, Coden, Alabama |
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| Coordinates | 30°22′47″N 88°15′4″W / 30.37972°N 88.25111°W |
| Area | 3.6 acres (1.5 ha) |
| Built | 1912 |
| Architectural style | Bay house |
| NRHP reference No. | 90000917[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 14, 1990 |
Description and history
editIt was built in 1912 by George Scarborough Leatherbury in the local "Bay house" style. Leatherbury owned several lumber companies in Mississippi and operated a naval stores company. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 14, 1990.[1] It was subsequently destroyed on August 29, 2005, by an estimated record-level 12-to-16-foot (3.7 to 4.9 m) storm surge generated by Hurricane Katrina.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "NPS Focus". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Archived from the original on July 25, 2008. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
- ^ Carl Ferraro. "Hurricane Ivan and Hurricane Katrina: A Comparison of Community Impacts" (PDF). Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources-State Lands Division-Coastal Section. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
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