Hall, Gov. Luther, House - Monroe, Louisiana
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BruceS
N 32° 29.416 W 092° 06.607
15S E 583605 N 3595128
Historic house which was the home of a former Louisiana governor.
Waymark Code: WM383A
Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 02/24/2008
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The Hall house (1906) is a classic example of a turn-of-the-century
Neo-Georgian residence of the more pretentious sort. It exhibits vestiges of the
old Queen Anne Revival, notably in the overly vertical pediments, and the use of
bay windows. But the house is mainly a large, boxy, symmetrical mass, vigorously
articulated with flashy and slightly heavily proportioned colonial features. It
can be seen from this that the Hall house embodies the character of Georgian
Revival, in its turn-of-the-century stage of development. Had the house been
built just a few years later the composition would have been much more sedate.
Particularly noteworthy is the impressive Ionic portico, which allows the house
to dominate the surrounding area and makes it probably the most impressive early
twentieth century Colonial Revival residence in the city of Monroe.
The Hall house is also significant in the area of politics by reason of
its association with its owner, Luther E. Hall, a prominent politician of
northeastern Louisiana during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
and Governor of the state from 1912 to 1916. ~
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