Mobile · Old Dauphin Way
The Kate Shepard House
A Queen Anne house the inn credits to a George Franklin Barber catalog design, listed as Monterey Place; Kate Shepard and her sister taught upstairs.
- Built
- 1897–98Built 1897 per the inn; the NRHP nomination and the Old Dauphin Way inventory say 1898.
- Style
- Queen Anne
- Architect
- George Franklin Barber (catalog design, per the inn)
- Type
- B&B
- Rooms
- 4
- Area
- Old Dauphin Way
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places; Inside a National Register historic district
The story
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Martin Shepard built the house, choosing the design from a catalog by architect George Franklin Barber. The inn repeats a rumor that thirteen railroad cars brought the components from Knoxville. In the early 1900s Kate Shepard and her sister taught on the second floor, in what was known as the Misses Shepard School. The family owned the house until Kate M. Shepard died in 1974. The McRae Papers, Civil War documents found in the attic, now have a section of the Confederate Relic Room in Columbia, South Carolina.
Good to know
- Breakfast: included
- Pets welcome
- Address: 1552 Monterey Place, Mobile, AL 36604
Sources (3)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.