Aduston Hall | |
 Aduston Hall in 2007 | |
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| Location | Gainesville, Alabama, United States |
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| Coordinates | 32°48′47″N 88°9′36″W / 32.81306°N 88.16000°W |
| Built | 1844–46 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| Part of | Gainesville Historic District (ID85002925) |
Aduston Hall is a historic antebellum plantation house in the riverside town of Gainesville, Alabama.[1] Although the raised cottage displays the strict symmetry and precise detailing of the Greek Revival style, it is very unusual in its massing. The house is low and spread out over one-story with a fluid floor-plan more reminiscent of a 20th-century California ranch house than the typically boxy neoclassical houses of its own era.[1][2][3]
It is a contributing property to the Gainesville Historic District. The district was listed on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on March 25, 1976, and the National Register of Historic Places on October 3, 1985.[4][5] Now owned by the Sumter County Historical Society, the house is operated as a visitor welcome center for the historic district.[4][3] The Society also uses the house and grounds as the centerpiece of its Sumter Heritage Days, held each spring. In 1994, the Historical Society received $130,000 in local, state, and federal funds to stabilize and restore the house.[6][7]
- ^ a b Gamble, Robert (1987). The Alabama Catalog: A Guide to the Early Architecture of the State. University, AL: University of Alabama Press. p. 71. ISBN 0-8173-0148-8.
- ^ Cooper, Chip; Knopke, Harry; Gamble, Robert (1993). Silent in the Land. Tuscaloosa, Ala.: CKM Press. pp. 114, 176. ISBN 978-0-9636713-0-1.
- ^ a b Gainesville MRA NRIS Database, National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- ^ "The Alabama Register of Landmarks & Heritage" (PDF). preserveala.org. Alabama Historical Commission. May 31, 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 6, 2011. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ^ James P. Pate, PhD. "Aduston Hall Development Plan" (PDF). University of Mississippi. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2010. Retrieved July 2, 2011.
- ^ "Transportation Enhancements Project List" (PDF). National Transportation Enhancements Clearinghouse. Rails-to-Trails Conservancy. Retrieved July 2, 2011.