Lyon Hall (Demopolis, Alabama)

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name =Lyon Hall Lyon-Lamar House
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caption =Lyon Hall in 2003.
location=102 South Main Avenue
Demopolis, Alabama
lat_degrees = 32
lat_minutes = 30
lat_seconds = 56.70
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 87
long_minutes = 50
long_seconds = 21.20
long_direction = W
locmapin = Alabama
area =
built =1853
architect=
architecture= Greek Revival
designated=
added = 21 January 1974cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-03-06|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
refnum=74000425cite web|title="Alabama: Marengo County "|work="Nationalhistoricalregister.com"|url=http://www.nationalhistoricalregister.com/al/marengo/state.html|accessdate=2007-01-23]
governing_body = Marengo County
Historical Society

Lyon Hall, also known as the Lyon-Lamar House, is a historic Greek Revival mansion in Demopolis, Alabama, United States. It was built over a period of three years by George Gaines Lyon and his wife, Anne Glover Lyons. Lyon was an attorney and the nephew of Francis Strother Lyon, who maintained a town residence nearby at Bluff Hall.Marengo County Heritage Book Committee: "The heritage of Marengo County, Alabama", pages 21-22. Clanton, Alabama: Heritage Publishing Consultants, 2000. ISBN 189164758X]

History

George Lyon began construction on the house in 1850, it would continue until 1853. Upon completion of the house, they traveled to New York City to furnish it. The Lyon descendants lived in the house until the death of George G. Lamar in 1996. The house was donated to the Marengo County Historical Society in May 1997.

Description

The house is a two-story wooden frame structure, sided with clapboard. The front portico features six two-story square columns, constructed in brick with a stucco finish. These columns are very similar to Bluff Hall. The upper balcony spans the entire width of the house and is attached to the columns. The roof is hipped and features a small belvedere at the summit.cite web|title="Lyon House"|work="Historic American Buildings Survey"|url=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/hhh.al0372|accessdate=2008-01-23]

HABS photos

HABS photo of front and side elevation in 1934.

ee also

*National Register of Historic Places listings in Marengo County, Alabama

References