| Summary: | Color print view of the Kirkbride Home located in Mobile, AL. Beautiful, two-story, white home. Covered porch areas on both levels and front entrance. Four chimneys extending from roof. White picket fence across front of residence. Divided back postcard.Printed on front: 'Kirkbride Home, Mobile, Ala., 7B-H3.' Printed on back: 'The Jonathan Kirkbride Home, 104 Theatre Street, considered the oldest building in Alabama, stands on what was originally the Fort Charlotte Reservation, which was owned first by the Spaniards, then the French, then the English, and finally by the Spaniards again, who surrendered it to the United States in 1813. In 1822, the Fort was demolished and salvaged materials used to construct the first Jail and Courthouse in Alabama. Around 1845 the building became the residence of Jonathan Kirkbride. In 1940 it was bought by the Historic Mobile Preservation Society. Carter's News Agency, Mobile, Ala., Genuine Curteich-Chicago "C. T. Art-Colortone" Post Card (Reg. U. S. Pat. Off.)'
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