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Bellingrath Gardens and Home is the 65-acre (26 ha) public garden and historic home of Walter and Bessie Bellingrath, located on the Fowl River near Mobile, Alabama, United States. Walter Bellingrath was one of the first Coca-Cola bottlers in the Southeast , and with his wealth built the estate garden and home.
Bellingrath Gardens and Home [6] 1932 65 acres (26 ha) Fee charged Bellingrath-Morse Foundation Theodore: Birmingham Botanical Gardens [7] 1963 67.5 acres (27.3 ha) Free City of Birmingham/ Friends of Birmingham Botanical Gardens Birmingham
Bellingrath was born Bessie Mae Morse in Mobile, Alabama in 1878. Her parents were Sewell and Alice Morse; she was one of nine children in the family. She studied the arts before becoming a stenographer at the Mobile Coca-Cola Company. She went on to marry Walter Duncan Bellingrath (1869–1965), the founder of Mobile's Coca-Cola bottling company.
The area of the gardens is listed as 6.5 and 65 and then again as 900, may need review — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.31.131.53 21:31, 28 May 2022 (UTC) I just did a review. 6.5 acres was a typo, 65 acres is the area of the cultivated gardens, and 900 acres is the area of the whole property.
The house was commissioned by Ferd Bellingrath (b. 1906 d. 1941), owner of a local Coca-Cola bottling company, and is one of the community's most architecturally sophisticated houses. [2] It was designed by local architect Mitchell Seligam in 1932. Building of the home and surrounding structures began in 1934 and were completed in 1935. [4]
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In May 1962, USS Alabama had been ordered scrapped along with her South Dakota-class sister ships, USS South Dakota, USS Indiana, and USS Massachusetts. [4] Citizens of the state of Alabama had formed the "USS Alabama Battleship Commission" to raise funds for the preservation of Alabama as a memorial to the men and women who served in World War II.
BayFest was an annual three-day music festival held in the heart of downtown Mobile, Alabama.Founded in 1995, the festival offered a variety of music including pop, jazz, classic rock, alternative, R&B, rap, gospel, and modern rock.