- Collection:
- Image Collection
- Title:
- Bellevue - Hall
- Creator:
- Katherine Hyde Greene
- Publisher:
- LeGrange, Ga. : Troup County Archives
- Date of Original:
- 1974
- Subject:
- Troup County (Ga.)
Photograph collections--Georgia--Troup County
LaGrange (Ga.)--Social life and customs - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Troup County, LaGrange, 33.03929, -85.03133
- Medium:
- color photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Bellevue is a historic mansion in LaGrange, GA. Built in 1853–1855, it was the home of Senator Benjamin Harvey Hill and is one of Georgia's finest examples of Greek Revival architecture. Now a historic house museum, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1973 and is a contributing structure in Broad Street Historic District. It is a two-story wood-frame structure with a two-story Greek temple front, featuring six fluted Ionic columns with four-sided capitals, and a heavy multi-level entablature below a dentillated cornice. Set within the temple front is a second-floor balcony with a turned balustrade, and a center entrance recessed in an opening flanked by pilasters and topped by an entablature. Ells extend the house, joining it to what was once a separate kitchen building. Originally a 1,200-acre plantation estate, was established in 1853 by Benjamin Harvey Hill, one of Georgia's leading politicians of the antebellum and Civil War era. Its architect is only known by his last name, Taylor, and is one Georgia's finest example of antebellum Greek Revival architecture. The house is now owned by the LaGrange Women's Club, which offers tours of the house and rentals for special events.
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- http://cdm17413.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/imagecoll/id/19824
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. This image may be used in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to its use. No permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, permission must be granted by the Troup County Archives.
- Holding Institution:
- Troup County Archives
- Rights:
-
