Battle House Renaissance Hotel, Mobile AL

Since it re-opened, we have been wanting to stay at the Battle House Renaissance Hotel in Mobile — it was built in 1908 on the site of Andrew Jackson’s headquarters here during the war of 1812, and at the original Battle House hotel (that burned at this site, previously), Stephen A. Douglas was a guest the evening he lost the presidency to Abraham Lincoln.  The hotel closed in the mid-70s and was bought and renovated by the RSA, and reopened in 2007.  It’s just so pretty.

Battle House Renaissance Hotel, Mobile AL

This skylight is original to the rebuilt 1908 Battle House:
Battle House Renaissance Hotel, Mobile AL

These are trompe l’eoil — portraits of King Ferdinand V:

Battle House Renaissance Hotel, Mobile AL

George Washington:

Battle House Renaissance Hotel, Mobile AL

King George III:

Battle House Renaissance Hotel, Mobile AL

…and Louis XIV:

Battle House Renaissance Hotel, Mobile AL

Our room:
Battle House Renaissance Hotel, Mobile AL

Battle House Renaissance Hotel, Mobile AL

Not Front Desk, but the button for ‘Delighted to Serve’:

Battle House Hotel, Mobile AL

Battle House Renaissance Hotel, Mobile AL

…and we had a great view of Mobile:

Battle House Renaissance Hotel, Mobile AL

The hotel is right downtown, so it is perfect for walking to anything — anything on Dauphin Street, the Outlaw Convention Center, Bienville Square, Gulf Coast Exploreum…

Battle House Hotel, Mobile AL

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