Carlen House

The Carlen House, also known as the Carlen House Museum, is a historic house museum in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The house was built in the Gulf Coast cottage style in 1843.^[1] It was the residence of Michael and Mary Carlen, Irish immigrants, and their twelve children. Operated as a farm during the 19th century, the Mobile County School Board acquired 38 acres (15 ha) of the property from the Carlen family in 1923 as the site for a new public city school. As a result, the house is now on the northern edge of the Murphy High School campus.^[2] It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 12, 1981.^[1]

Carlen House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
The Carlen House in 2008.
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Location	54 South Carlen Street Mobile, Alabama
Coordinates	30°41′3″N 88°5′10″W
Area	0.2 acres (0.081 ha)
Built	1843
Architectural style	Gulf Coast cottage
NRHP reference No.	81000131[1]
Added to NRHP	June 12, 1981

The house is currently not open to the public, however is used by the Murphy High School students on occasion.^[3]