Purchase TicketsKitchenware in the Bellingrath Home
By Tom McGehee Museum Home Director Following Mrs. Bellingrath’s death in 1943, Walter Bellingrath hired a local antiques dealer to inventory the contents of his home. Nell Curran had sold […]
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Remembering “Miss Bessie” Bellingrath: A birthday retrospective
By Tom McGehee Museum Home Director Over the years, it often seems as if far more emphasis has been placed on the life of Walter Bellingrath than that of his […]
Furnishing a dream home at Belle Camp
By Tom McGehee Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home Walter Bellingrath always wanted his guests at his “Belle Camp” retreat to sign in on old hotel-type registers. (The practice continues […]
Postcards from Bellingrath, Spring 1939
By Tom McGehee Museum Director of the Bellingrath Home Picture postcards are a 20th-century creation. In 1898, the U.S. Congress passed the Private Mailing Card Act, which allowed private firms, […]
Native azaleas on the Gulf Coast
By Dr. Bill Barrick Executive Director Emeritus Bellingrath Gardens and Home is known for its massive plantings of evergreen Southern Indica azaleas, but Gulf Coast gardeners also enjoy the blooms […]
A new look at Bellingrath’s architect, George B. Rogers
By Sally Pearsall Ericson Director of Marketing and Public Relations Nearly a century ago, architect George B. Rogers was making a name for himself in Mobile with his eye for […]