--- title: "Battles Wharf Historic District – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Battles Wharf Historic District, United States: The Battles Wharf Historic District comprises a portion of Battles Wharf, Alabama, United States, between…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/battles-wharf-historic-district" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/battles-wharf-historic-district.md" image: "https://www.mixroutes.com/og.png" --- Historic district in Alabama, United States # Battles Wharf Historic District The Battles Wharf Historic District comprises a portion of Battles Wharf, Alabama, United States, between Mobile Bay and U.S. The place The Battles Wharf Historic District comprises a portion of Battles Wharf, Alabama, United States, between Mobile Bay and U.S. Route 98. The area, also called Battles, is a narrow stretch of bayfront with long, deep lots accessible by shell-paved lanes. Houses in the area date from about 1842 to the present day, and are in a distinctive wood-frame cottage style with tall windows and broad porches. Many houses feature so-called "rain porches," deep shed-roofed screened porches attached to the main house and elevated on short masonry piers. The district includes 14 contributing structures and two non-contributing structures. The properties are linked by a public footpath that serves as a thoroughfare. The district has principally functioned as a summer retreat for residents of Mobile, Alabama. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battles_Wharf_Historic_District), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Battles Wharf Historic District 5 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. United States Post Office The United States Post Office in Fairhope, Alabama, is a historic United States Post Office building built in 1932, in the Italian Renaissance Revival architectural style. It currently houses the offices of the Fairhope Courier. 3.9 km · government building in Fairhope, Alabama · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Post_Office_(Fairhope,_Alabama%29) 2. Lebanon Chapel AME Church Lebanon Chapel AME Church is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church bounded by Young Street on the West and Middle Street on the North in Fairhope, Alabama, United States. It was built in 1923, and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. 3.8 km · church building in Alabama, United States of America · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon_Chapel_AME_Church) 3. Bank of Fairhope The Bank of Fairhope, at 396 Fairhope Ave. in Fairhope, Alabama, United States, was built in 1927. 3.9 km · historic building in Fairhope, Alabama, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Fairhope) 4. Twin Beach AME Church Twin Beech AME Zion Church, listed as Twin Beach AME Church, is a historic African Methodist Episcopal church on the south side of CR 44 in Fairhope, Alabama, United States. It was built in 1925 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. 1.9 km · church building in Alabama, United States of America · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twin_Beach_AME_Church) 5. Grand Hotel The Grand Hotel in Point Clear, Alabama on Mobile Bay is a historic hotel originally built in 1847. It is listed on the National Registry of the Historic Hotels of America and has been added to the Autograph Collection by Marriott. 1.2 km · building in Point Clear, Alabama, United States · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Hotel_(Point_Clear,_Alabama%29) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Battles Wharf Historic District **Airports:** Pensacola (PNS), 71 km · Louis Armstrong New Orleans (MSY), 231 km\ - Pensacola → Battles Wharf Historic District Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/pensacola-to-battles-wharf-historic-district) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Pensacola&to=Battles+Wharf+Historic+District) - New Orleans → Battles Wharf Historic District Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/new-orleans-to-battles-wharf-historic-district) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=New+Orleans&to=Battles+Wharf+Historic+District) - Birmingham → Battles Wharf Historic District Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/birmingham-to-battles-wharf-historic-district) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Birmingham&to=Battles+Wharf+Historic+District) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Battles%20Wharf%20Historic%20District) Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Battles Wharf Historic District Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Battles Wharf Historic District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Bacalar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/bacalar) MX 9 ways of moving, 41 sources 1,315 km 2. [Caye Caulker](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/caye-caulker) BZ 9 ways of moving, 42 sources 1,418 km 3. [Flores](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/flores) GT 9 ways of moving, 32 sources 1,521 km 4. [Fire Island](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/fire-island) US 10 ways of moving, 19 sources 1,745 km 5. [Isla de Ometepe](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/isla-de-ometepe) NI 12 ways of moving, 49 sources 2,125 km If you know how people move in Battles Wharf Historic District – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Cbattles-wharf-historic-district&title=Battles+Wharf+Historic+District&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Fbattles-wharf-historic-district), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Battles Wharf Historic District - [Point Clear](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/point-clear) unincorporated community in Alabama 2.3 km [The place page for Battles Wharf Historic District](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/battles-wharf-historic-district) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on United States](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-US) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/battles-wharf-historic-district, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. 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