Ellicott Stone
| Ellicott Stone | |||
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| National Register of Historic Places | |||
 View from the south with inscription: Dominio De SM Carlos IV, Lat. 31, 1799. |
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| location | Mobile County , Alabama | ||
| Coordinates | 31 ° 2 '22.3 " N , 87 ° 58' 24.3" W | ||
| Built | 1799 | ||
| NRHP number | 73000359 | ||
| The NRHP added | April 11, 1973 | ||
Ellicott Stone , also Ellicott's Stone , is a landmark in northern Mobile County , Alabama . It was set on April 10, 1799 by an American - Spanish survey team . The international team was led by Andrew Ellicott . The stone has been on the National Register of Historic Places since April 11, 1973 .
As far as is known, the stone is the only remaining boundary stone that Ellicott set when measuring the 31st parallel and thus the border between the American Mississippi Territory and the Spanish west Florida . The border extends at the parallel of the Mississippi and Chattahoochee rivers , as agreed in the Pinckney Treaty in 1795 . Ellicott Stone marks the reference point for all official surveys in the southern region of Alabama and Mississippi . It lies at the intersection between the St. Stephens Meridian and the St. Stephens Baseline.
description
The boundary stone is a ferrous sandstone approx. 60 cm high and 20 cm wide . It stands near the west bank of the Mobile River . On the northern side it bears the inscription: “US Lat. 31, 1799. " On the opposite side it says: “Dominio De SM Carlos IV, Lat. 31, 1799. " (Territory of his Majesty King Charles IV , Lat. 31, 1799).
Web links
- Historical Landmarks Database: Ellicott's Stone Erected April 9th, 1799. Historical Marker Database
Individual evidence
- ^ National Park Service : Ellicott Stone (National Register ).
- ^ The center for land use interpretation: St. Stephens Meridian