The Wade Askew House in Mobile, Alabama, went up in 1927 in the Spanish Colonial Revival style. Built in 1927 in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, this house is one of the local expressions of that architectural language. Imagine the moment it was completed in 1927 and how it embodied the Spanish Colonial Revival idiom in this city.
The house's significance was recognized nationally when it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 12, 1991, and it participates in the group known as the Spanish Revival Residences in Mobile Multiple Property Submission. As you stand here, think of the threads of history that link a single dwelling to broader movements in design and formal recognition — from its construction in 1927 to its listing in 1991. This is a house that tells a clear story: a 1927 Spanish Colonial Revival home that has earned formal recognition for its place in Mobile.
You are, quite literally, standing among the Spanish Revival Residences in Mobile that together mark a chapter of the city's built history. Notice the house itself and the surrounding neighborhood of Mobile, Alabama.