InUSA Parks and Gardens
12401 Bellingrath Gardens Rd, Theodore, AL 36582 251-973-2217
Renowned 800 acre estate. The house contains Bessie Morse Bellingrath's
collection of china, silver, porcelains, antique furniture; Edward
Marshall Boehm collection of porcelain; art gallery. 65 acres of
landscaped gardens featuring azaleas, camellias, roses, water lilies,
dogwood and hydrangeas. Restaurant and gift shop. Gardens: daily
8-dusk; Home: daily 9-5. $
Oakleigh
350 Oakleigh Pl, Mobile, AL 36604 334-432-1281
This 1830s antebellum house stands on the highest point of Simon
Favre's old Spanish land grant, surrounded by azalea gardens and the
live oaks for which it was named. Bricks for the first story were made
on-site; the upper portion is of hand-hewn timber. Historic Mobile
Preservation Society has furnished the house in the pre-1850 period;
1850s Cox-Deasy Creole cottage included in the tour. Free.