Haywood Hall, Historical residence in Raleigh, United States.
Haywood Hall is a two-story, five-bay Federal-style frame dwelling with a central hall plan, built in 1792. Its front porch rises two stories, carried on attenuated fluted Doric columns. The house was the home of North Carolina State Treasurer John Haywood and now operates as a historic house museum.
Haywood Hall, also called the Treasurer John Haywood House, was built in 1792 for John Haywood (1754–1827), North Carolina's state treasurer. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970 and stands within Raleigh's Capitol Area Historic District. It now operates as a historic house museum.
The house is now a historic house museum, and its name honours John Haywood, North Carolina's state treasurer from 1787 to 1827. Visitors can see the two-storey front porch with attenuated fluted Doric columns, a feature of the Federal-style frame dwelling.
The property is located at 211 New Bern Place and offers guided tours of the main building and surrounding restored garden areas. Visitors should plan for a leisurely tour that provides insight into how residents lived during the early 1800s.
The house preserves original floor plans from 1800 showing detailed layouts of the kitchen and stable areas, revealing how daily tasks were organized. These plans document the practical arrangement of work spaces that supported the household's daily operations.
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