- Collection:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation Presentation Slide Collection, 1968-2000
- Title:
- Liberty Hall
- Creator:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Contributor to Resource:
- Stephens, Alexander H. (Alexander Hamilton), 1812-1883
- Date of Original:
- 1970
- Subject:
- Architecture
Historic sites--Georgia--Taliaferro County
Historic buildings--Georgia--Taliaferro County
Architecture, Domestic--Georgia--Taliaferro County
Cultural property--Protection
Historic preservation--Georgia
Historic buildings--Conservation and restoration - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Taliaferro County, Crawfordville, 33.55402, -82.89598
- Medium:
- color slides
historic preservation
historic buildings - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- From the 1971 National Register of Historic Places application form prepared by William R. Mitchell, Jr., Director, Georgia Historic Sites Survey, Georgia Historical Commission: Liberty Hall is an historic house museum in the Alexander H. Stephens Memorial State Park, Crawfordville, county seat of Taliaferro County, Georgia. Liberty Hall was the home of Alexander H. Stephens from 1845 until his death March 4, 1883.Two years after Stephens' death, a memorial association purchased the property and allowed a school principal to live there with the stipulation that Stephens' bedroom must be preserved just as it was while Stephens lived there. Out on the front lawn, the Association erected a statue of Stephens carved in Italy from Italian marble. In 1932 the Association deeded the property to the State and in 1935 the Georgia Department of Parks opened Liberty Hall to the public. Never having been greatly changed since 1845, except by Stephens himself, it is maintained much as it looked in early 1866 when a writer visited there to make extensive notes, later published as Alexander H. Stephens, Before, During and Since the War. In perpetuity it is now a living image of certain aspects of the history of the Deep South prior to about 1900 as exemplified by one of the South's foremost antebellum political leaders. Stephens lived there before, during and after being Vice-President of the Confederacy and the name "Liberty Hall" was a reflection of his philosophy of life. He did as he pleased there and what evidently pleased him most was to entertain visitors from throughout the Union in what might be called the richest of simplicity and comfort. Not a grand Greek Revival facade, it is instead what might be called "Native Son Early Republican" with a commodious piazza in no particular classical order. In short the house is a significant architectural reflection--little changed from when he knew it-- of Stephens' character and life. An integral part of his life while he "served his people through fair times and foul with conscience, eloquence, and unflagging zeal," it is now one of the most tangible documents in his history. Variant names include: Liberty Hall, Alexander Stephens House. See ref # 70000216 (Liberty Hall) https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalregister/upload/national-register-listed-20240710.xlsx
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_350
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_350#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/gthp_gthp-slides_350/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Please contact holding institution for information regarding use and copyright status.
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation
- Rights:
-
