
One house was mysteriously destroyed by fire, and all were eventually abandoned as the hoped-for traffic never materialized. The City of Mobile took ownership of all the buildings and for ten years has sought a single developer to take over the structures with a new plan of action, such as converting the group of buildings into a delightful bed-and-breakfast village like the successful Telfair Inn complex in Augusta, Georgia. In the meantime, the buildings, which have not been maintained, have steadily declined. Adding insult to injury, one was even used as a Halloween Haunted House until it was declared unsafe.