Chickasaw Shipyard Village Historic District

Chickasaw Shipyard Village Historic District
Chickasaw Shipyard Village Historic District is located in Alabama
Chickasaw Shipyard Village Historic District
Chickasaw Shipyard Village Historic District is located in the United States
Chickasaw Shipyard Village Historic District
LocationBounded by Jefferson St., Jackson St., Yeend Ave., and Chickasaw Creek, Chickasaw, Alabama
Coordinates30°45′49″N 88°04′28″W / 30.76361°N 88.07444°W / 30.76361; -88.07444
Area1,200 acres (490 ha)
Built1917-1946
Architectvarious
Architectural stylevarious
NRHP reference No.04000924[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 3, 2004

Chickasaw Shipyard Village Historic District is a historic district comprising buildings and areas within Chickasaw, Alabama, which is a northern suburb of Mobile in Mobile County. The site is historically significant due to its role as a company town for the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard during the first half of the twentieth century.

In addition, Chickasaw was the subject of a United States Supreme Court case, Marsh v. Alabama (1946) upholding the First Amendment rights of individuals living in privately owned towns, because the towns were operated as public places. The district was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 3, 2004.[2]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Park Service. Archived from the original on June 14, 2007. Retrieved June 12, 2007.