Mark Hall

Mark Hall is a plantation house near Greenville, Meriwether County, Georgia, built in 1852 in the Greek Revival style as a Raised Cottage. It was first constructed at Stinson, now Durand, as a wedding present for a daughter of Dr. James Winslow Stinson, a physician and plantation owner. About 1855 Mark Henry Crowder bought it, moved it on wagons about three miles, and rebuilt it on its present site. The weatherboarded house has a hip roof, two centrally placed chimneys, and a temple-form portico with four square Doric columns. Its plan placed three rooms on each side of a central hall, with additional rooms and storage on the ground level. Later changes include an enclosed side porch, a bricked-in front underside, and interior woodwork brought from an Atlanta church. Original outbuildings include a log smokehouse and a hand-hewn barn used as a cotton gin. It was listed for its architecture, as a rare example of its type.