Noble Hall - Auburn, AL
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N 32° 38.364 W 085° 27.846
16S E 644065 N 3612353
This two-sided marker is located in front of Noble Hall north of Auburn, Alabama. The house, which is privately owned, dates back to the 1850s.
Waymark Code: WMGGZY
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 03/05/2013
Views: 7
The text of the marker reads:
Noble Hall
Side 1: The Greek Revival rock and mortar house was built by Addison Frazer (1809-1873) between 1852 and 1854 and served as the center for a 2,000 acre cotton plantation. Frazer owned 100 slaves and was on the Board of Trustees of Auburn Masonic Female College and East Alabama Male College. The contractor from Kentucky used slave labor to build the eight rooms with 12 foot high ceilings and 18 inch exterior walls, two cantilever balconies and eight Doric columns. In the rear are the original separate kitchen, carriage-smokehouse and overseer's house. The Frazer family owned the house until 1922.
Side 2: In 1932, J. V. Brown, Head of Buildings and Grounds at Alabama Polytechnic Institute, now Auburn University, bought the house and began restoration. In 1941, he sold it and 251 acres to Dr. Luther Noble Duncan (1875-1947), who served as president of A.P.I. (1935-1947). In 1943 his daughter, Elizabeth Pearson (Mrs. Allen M.), and family occupied the house and continued restoration. Mrs. Pearson inherited the house in 1951, collected its furnishings and named it Nobel Hall. In 1972 it was the first building in Lee County to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission
and the Lee County Historical Society
1988
Marker Name: Noble Hall
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
A sign by the marker reminds visitors this is a private residence.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1988
Marker Number: None
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