Ernest M. Megginson, four-time Mayor of Mobile, lends his name to this one-story, informally landscaped house built in 1927 in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Take a breath and let the single-story presence settle — this is a domestic statement of 1927 in that Spanish Colonial Revival idiom. The house was later recognized for its architectural character when it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 12, 1991, and included in the Spanish Revival Residences in Mobile Multiple Property Submission.
Its name honors Ernest M. Megginson, who served as Mayor of Mobile four times between 1942 and 1951, connecting this modest home to the civic life of the city. As you stand here you can appreciate the intentional informality of the landscaping and the single-story scale that invites close, human encounters rather than grand processions. Imagine neighbors greeting each other on the walk, and the way this house quietly contributes to the story of Mobile’s built landscape across decades.
Notice the simple plantings around this house named for Mayor Ernest M. Megginson, and the streets and houses that form its neighborhood.