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“one of Mobile's finest examples of the Italianate Style”
One of Mobile's finest examples of the Italianate style. Famous for its cast-iron facade depicting the four seasons. National Register (1860). Lavish iron lace decorates the Richards – Daughters of the American Revolution House Museum. This beautiful Town House of the Italianate style tells the story of Mobile during its antebellum period. Steamboat Captain Charles G. Richards and his wife, Caroline Elizabeth Steele, built their dream house in 1860. The Ideal Cement Company purchased the house from Richards’ descendants in 1946. After being turned over to the city of Mobile in 1973, the five Mobile Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution leased the home. The organization is responsible for furnishing and administering it as a Period House Museum.
Great house! Go up and ring the doorbell. You get the tour of a period house completed in 1860 with period furniture that has been collected and donated. We had a wonderful private tour of the... Read more
Did not care for this museum. Very little to see and not great curb appeal. The Bragg Mitchell mansion was way more cool than this place Read more
Fantastic pre civil war house with the most genteel hosts you can imagine and one of the best southern staircases you will ever see. Period but not original to the house furnishings. Inexpensive... Read more
Richards-Dar House Museum
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- Mon - Fri: 11:00 am - 3:30 pm
- Sat: 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
- Sun: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm
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