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These undated black-and-white photos of Dr. Ludolph Parmly's home, at 303, 305, 307 N. Conception St., are from a collection in the Library of Congress. The house looks as if it were abandoned. The present day photos were taken by Sharon Mosely in 2005. Ludolph (1811-1854) was a dentist who was born in Vermont but moved to Mobile about 1830. In the 1850 census, there is one slave, a 44-year-old black woman, with the family. He and Maria L. (Sanford) Parmly had 10 children; at least six of whom did not survive into adulthood. Below the old photos are excerpts of an email from Sharon, who did some research into the home. Thank you, so much! |
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June 3, 2005 Jim, Well, my sister and I finally went to Mobile to search for Ludolph's house today and not only did we find the house but we were able to talk to Gary Lee who is the owner of Nos. 305 and 307 Conception, which is now about 12 different apartments. Mr. Brabner owns No. 303 which has not been divided into apartments but we were not able to talk to him so the only information we have on that part of the house was what we found at the Mobile Historical Preservation Board. ...
The historical markers on the houses the Parmly name plus the name of the person who applied to have the house listed with the Historical Preservation Board: Mr. Lee. From the Digest of Abstract, 303-305-307 N. Conception
St. by Nancy N. Holmes, Sept. 1963:
At the time of his death in 1854, Dr. Parmly owned about one-quarter of the block, the Congress and Conception street corner. His estate was divided among his daughters, Marie (Mrs. Thomas) Savage, Olivia (Mrs. John W.) Chester and Julia (Mrs. Caleb) Toxey. His 3- and 4-year-old sons died in the same year as he did -- 1854 ... His brother [Jehiel?], also a dentist, took over his practice. No. 307 remained in the Parmly family 46 years. The wooden porch shown in some earlier views of this house is probably not original. The house has a fine Egyptian door ... [and] had a wine cellar, and a most unusual skylight which helped to light the four-story stairwell. After we went to the library to get the information that my sister was researching, we checked for the info on where Ludolph was buried and we went to the Magnolia Cemetery to see if we could get some pictures. We had given up and we were heading back to the car when I turned around and there was the grave of Ludolph so we were able to get the pictures. ... Sharon * I don't think 1835 is correct since most of the papers show that Nos. 303 and 305 were built in 1842 and that No. 307 was built in 1852 |
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