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Historic house in Alabama, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The George Leatherbury House was a historic house along the shore of Portersville Bay, halfway between Bayou La Batre and Bayou Coden, in southern Mobile County, Alabama.
George Leatherbury House | |
Location | Shell Belt Rd. SE of Sans Souci Beach, Coden, Alabama |
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Coordinates | 30°22′47″N 88°15′4″W |
Area | 3.6 acres (1.5 ha) |
Built | 1912 |
Architectural style | Bay house |
NRHP reference No. | 90000917[1] |
Added to NRHP | June 14, 1990 |
It was built in 1912 by George Scarborough Leatherbury in the local "Bay house" style. Leatherbury owned several lumber companies in Mississippi and operated a naval stores company. The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 14, 1990.[1] It was subsequently destroyed on August 29, 2005, by an estimated record-level 12-to-16-foot (3.7 to 4.9 m) storm surge generated by Hurricane Katrina.[2]
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