Lyon Hall (Demopolis, Alabama)

Lyon-Lamar House
Lyon Hall in 2011
Location: 102 South Main Avenue
DemopolisAlabama
Built: 1853
Architectural style: Greek Revival
Governing body: Marengo County
Historical Society
NRHP Reference#: 74000425[1]
Added to NRHP: 21 January 1974[2]

Lyon Hall, also known as the Lyon-Lamar House, is a historic Greek Revival mansion in Demopolis, Alabama, United States. It was built over a period of three years by George Gaines Lyon and his wife, Anne Glover Lyons. Lyon was an attorney and the nephew of Francis Strother Lyon, who maintained a town residence nearby at Bluff Hall.[3]

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History

George Lyon began construction on the house in 1850, it would continue until 1853. Upon completion of the house, they traveled to New York City to furnish it.[3] The Lyon descendants lived in the house until the death of George G. Lamar in 1996. The house was donated to the Marengo County Historical Society in May 1997.[3]

Description

The house is a two-story wooden frame structure, sided with clapboard. The front portico features six two-story square columns, constructed in brick with a stucco finish. These columns are very similar to Bluff Hall. The upper balcony spans the entire width of the house and is attached to the columns. The roof is hipped and features a small belvedere at the summit.[4]

References

  1. ^ ""Alabama: Marengo County "". "Nationalhistoricalregister.com". http://www.nationalhistoricalregister.com/al/marengo/state.html. Retrieved 2007-01-23. 
  2. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-03-06. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html. 
  3. ^ a b c Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama, pages 21-22. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. ISBN 189164758X
  4. ^ ""Lyon House"". "Historic American Buildings Survey". http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.al0372. Retrieved 2008-01-23. 

External links

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