Morrison's flagship cafeteria was built on the near left corner here, and the near right corner here.

(In the two Shorpy photographs above, note the change in the Battle House; Wikipedia says the previous Battle House burned down in 1905, was rebuilt, and reopened in 1908.)

We lived on the Mississippi Gulf Coast in the '50s through '70s and it was a big deal for us to go to the "big city" of Mobile for Christmas shopping and a meal at Morrison's cafeteria. But that was a kinder and more gentle time for Mobile, and the rest of the area when I reflect back on it.

Government Street in time also became U.S. Highway 90, the major east-west highway along the Gulf coast before I-10.

As a kid, in the 1940s and 1950s, I watched many a Mardi Gras parade (mule-pulled floats, hand-carried limelight illumination), and went one year to Barton Academy, all along this very stretch of Government St. Many of these residences were still there then.