The Battle brothers' new hotel was a 200-room four-story brick building, with a two-story gallery of cast iron.

[3][4] The first Battle House also had such notable guests as Henry Clay, Jefferson Davis, Millard Fillmore, Oscar Wilde and Winfield Scott.

[2] A National Weather Service station was established at the Battle House in 1880 and electric lighting was added in 1884.

[2] After the fire, the proprietors hired Frank Mills Andrews of New York City to design a new structure and it was built out of steel and concrete.

It was while he was at the Battle House that he made his famous statement that "the United States will never again seek one additional foot of territory by conquest".

In May 1973, it was bought by local citizens, who renamed it the Battle House Royale and planned a complete renovation.

The empty Battle House Royale building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.

The Trellis Room, located on the lobby floor, currently houses a restaurant with a four-diamond rating.

By its lobby floor, guests are additionally able to access the facilities of the Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel.