Mobile's First Jail

Historical marker location:

104 Theatre Street, Mobile, Alabama

( Marker is on Theatre Street, 0.1 miles west of South Royal Street, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1938

The city of Mobile, Alabama is home to the oldest Mardi Gras celebration in the United States. The first Mardi Gras parade in Mobile took place in 1703, just one year after the city was founded by the French.