Emanuel Building

Emanuel Building
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	100 North Royal Street, Mobile, Alabama
Coordinates	30°41′38″N88°2′28″W / 30.69389°N 88.04111°W / 30.69389; -88.04111
Built	1850
Architect	George Bigelow Rogers (remodeled)
Architectural style	Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Federal, Italian Renaissance
NRHP reference No.	78000503 [1]
Added to NRHP	March 21, 1978

The Emanuel Building, also known as the Bank of Mobile and Staples-Pake Building, is a historic commercial building in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The three-story masonry structure was built in 1850 and then remodeled several times over the next century. ^[2] It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 21, 1978. ^[1]

The significance of the Staples-Pake Building is both architectural and commercial. Initially constructed in the 1850's as office space by a Mobile cotton broker, Jonathan Emanuel, the structure was remodeled in 1903 by George B.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
2. Floyd, W. Warner; Iras Fearn Smith (September 27, 1977). "Emanuel Building (Bank of Mobile)". National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form. National Park Service. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.See also: "Accompanying photos". Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2014.