MOBILE, Ala. ( WKRG ) — The historic home that sits off South Franklin Street near Dauphin Street in Mobile is now undergoing emergency repairs.
The Chighizola home is roughly 175 years old. It is known to be the oldest home in Mobile to have nearly perfect preservation from the original construction.
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But now, the exterior walls are starting to give out.
That’s why Mike Rogers with Rogers & Willards Inc. stepped up to save the house.
“To be able to kind of put something back like that, it will allow people to take a walk back through time and see what it was like,” Rogers said.
Rogers and his wife, Cay, are taking on the project together.
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“She’s used to me coming home and saying, ‘Guess what we just bought,’” Rogers said.
Rogers closed on the house at the beginning of June and immediately got to work. Inside, they found the original wallpaper, flooring, door structures and hardware: the key ingredients to restore the original home.