Liberty Hall (Camden, Alabama)
Liberty Hall | |
Liberty Hall in 2008 | |
Location | Camden, Alabama |
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Coordinates | 31°58′22″N 87°20′7″W / 31.97278°N 87.33528°W |
Built | 1855 |
Architect | W.W. Robinson |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 84000751[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 5, 1984 |
Liberty Hall, also known as John Robert McDowell Place, is a historic plantation house near Camden, Alabama. The two-story Greek Revival style main house was built in 1855 for John Robert McDowell by W.W. Robinson.[1][2] The two-story front portico features two central Ionic columns flanked by a square column to each side, reminiscent of a distyle-in-antis arrangement. The floor plan is centered on a broad hall that separates four large, equally proportioned rooms on both levels. The formal rooms and hall on the lower level have elaborate plasterwork that was designed, in part, by Harriet McDowell, wife of John Robert McDowell. The house is currently owned by the great-granddaughter of the original owner.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on January 5, 1984.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
- ^ a b "Harris Home". Wilcox Area Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on September 19, 2008. Retrieved October 14, 2008.
External links
[edit]- Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) No. AL-164, "McDowell House, State Road 221, Camden, Wilcox County, AL", 10 photos
- National Register of Historic Places in Wilcox County, Alabama
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Alabama
- Houses completed in 1855
- Greek Revival houses in Alabama
- Plantation houses in Alabama
- Houses in Wilcox County, Alabama
- Historic American Buildings Survey in Alabama
- Alabama Registered Historic Place stubs
- Alabama building and structure stubs
- United States plantation stubs