The Conde'-Charlotte Museum House, located on Theatre Street adjacent to Fort Conde, was built in 1850 by Jonathan and Elizabeth Kirkbride. The house was built on the site of an 1822 jail.  A two-foot thick brick floor and doors from the jail remain on the site. Since 1957, the house has been owned, preserved, and operated by The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the State of Alabama. The society furnished rooms and the garden of the house to reflect Mobile`s varied history.

The French ruled the area from 1711-1763; the British from 1763-1780; and the Spanish from 1780-1812. The area became American in 1813 and continued until the beginning of the Civil War in1861 when the area was part of the Confederacy.

The house contains a French sitting room and bedroom, a British "commandant`s room" and walled Spanish garden of late 18th century design. Also in the Museum, you will see an American Federal dining room, two 1850`s bedrooms, two Confederate palors plus a kitchen filled with 19th and 20th century equipment.

Using the house and collections as tools, trained guides offer an overview of the area`s history under five flags in an interesting 45 minute tour.

The variety and authenticity of the furnishings of period antiques make this a charming museum.

Listed On the National Register of Historic Places