Picture the Amelia Stewart House, also called the Carol O. Wilkinson House and the William Hallett House. The story you can almost touch begins in 1835, when the original house was built along Spring Hill Road, now called Springhill Avenue — then well outside the city and today part of Mobile’s Midtown neighborhood. Merchant William R. Hallett once raised a large Greek Revival mansion here, complete with several outbuildings and a garçonnière for his sons; the main house burned in the 1860s, but the garçonnière survived.
In 1871 Amelia Stewart purchased the property and began construction of a new house adjoining that garçonnière. The front portion you see dates to 1871 and was built in Greek Revival style to mimic the older Oakleigh House. The building’s architectural value was recognized when it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 29, 1992.
Facing demolition in 2018 to make way for a medical office parking lot, the house was moved to 50 Common St. in the Common Street District. Notice the house now standing at 50 Common St. in the Common Street District.