Liberty Hall - Crawfordville, GA
N 33° 33.469 W 082° 53.746
17S E 324015 N 3714739
This historic home of A H Stephens is now a museum in the State Park named for him.
Waymark Code: WM91KV
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 06/14/2010
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Liberty Hall
Home of Alexander Hamilton Stephens
1845-1883
Property Deeded by Executors to Stephens Monumental Association June 4, 1885, to State of Georgia, December 31, 1932.
Building Dedicated July 18, 1935.
W.P.A. 1936 U.D.C.
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Liberty Hall Has been designated a National historic Landmark This site possesses National significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America 1983 National Park Service United States Department of the Interior
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From Wikipedia:
Liberty Hall was the Crawfordville, Georgia home of the Vice President of the Confederate States of America, Alexander Stephens. It is currently a National Historic Landmark maintained by the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Stephens bought the estate in 1845, and lived in its house until 1875, when he tore down the main structure to build Liberty Hall. The two-story "big house" is a traditional 4 x 4 (four rooms on each level).
Many of Stephens' books are housed in a smaller structure behind, where he spent much of his time after the war. After Stephens's death in 1883, Liberty Hall, owned by his surviving relatives, served as a boardinghouse until 1932, when it was donated to the state of Georgia. The vice president's grave is on the front lawn, beneath a marble statue in his honor.
Liberty Hall is now a historic house museum that is part of A. H. Stephens Historic Park, and has been renovated to appear as of 1875. The structure is also known as "Bachelor's Hall", as Stephens never married.
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