Kenworthy Hall | |
 The front elevation of Kenworthy Hall in 2011. | |
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| Location | near Marion, Alabama, United States |
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| Coordinates | 32°38′7″N 87°21′8″W / 32.63528°N 87.35222°W |
| Built | 1858-60 |
| Architect | Richard Upjohn and William Hart |
| Architectural style | Italian Villa, Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 90001318[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | August 23, 1990 |
| Designated NHL | August 18, 2004[2] |
| Designated ARLH | December 15, 1989 |
Kenworthy Hall, also known as the Carlisle-Martin House, Carlisle Hall and Edward Kenworthy Carlisle House, is a plantation house located on the north side of Alabama Highway 14, two miles west of the Marion courthouse square. It was built from 1858 to 1860 and is one of the best preserved examples of Richard Upjohn's distinctive asymmetrical Italian villa style. It is the only surviving residential example of Upjohn's Italian villa style that was especially designed to suit the Southern climate and the plantation lifestyle. It has a massive four-story tower, windows of variable size and shape with brownstone trim, and a distinctly Southern division of family and public spaces. The building was designed and constructed for Edward Kenworthy Carlisle as his primary family residence and the centerpiece of his 440-acre (1.8 km2) estate.[3] It, along with some of its surrounding ancillary structures, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2004.[2][3] The house and a purported ghost are featured as a short story in Kathryn Tucker Windham's 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey.[4]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Kenworthy Hall". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Archived from the original on March 1, 2009. Retrieved October 13, 2007.
- ^ a b Robert Mellown and Robert Gamble (January 2003). "National Historic Landmark Nomination: Kenworthy Hall / Carlisle Hall / Edward Carlisle Kenworthy House /" (pdf). National Park Service.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Windham, Kathryn Tucker; Figh, Margaret Gillis. (1969). 13 Alabama Ghosts and Jeffrey. The University of Alabama Press. ISBN 0-8173-0376-6.