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Liberty Hall (Camden, Alabama)

Coordinates: 31°58′22″N 87°20′7″W / 31.97278°N 87.33528°W / 31.97278; -87.33528
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Liberty Hall
Liberty Hall in 2008
Liberty Hall (Camden, Alabama) is located in Alabama
Liberty Hall (Camden, Alabama)
Liberty Hall (Camden, Alabama) is located in the United States
Liberty Hall (Camden, Alabama)
LocationCamden, Alabama
Coordinates31°58′22″N 87°20′7″W / 31.97278°N 87.33528°W / 31.97278; -87.33528
Built1855
ArchitectW.W. Robinson
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.84000751[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 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]

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  1. ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "Harris Home". Wilcox Area Chamber of Commerce. Archived from the original on September 19, 2008. Retrieved October 14, 2008.
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