Portier House

Historical marker location:

307 Conti Street, Mobile, Alabama

( Marker is at the intersection of Conti Street and West Claiborne Street, on the left when traveling west on Conti Street.)

Marker installed: 1973

Circa 1833.

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Alabama is home to the largest cast iron statue in the world. The Vulcan statue, located in Birmingham, stands 56 feet tall and weighs over 100,000 pounds. It was built in 1904 for the St. Louis World's Fair and was later brought to Birmingham as a symbol of the city's industrial might.