Noble Hall, human settlement in Alabama, United States of America
Noble Hall is a Greek Revival mansion in Auburn, Alabama, built in 1854 with two stories and eight rooms inside. The house features high ceilings around 12 feet (3.6 meters) tall, thick stone walls over a foot (0.3 meter) thick, and eight large columns supporting porches on the front and back.
The mansion was built in 1854 by Addison Frazer, a wealthy planter with over 100 enslaved people and 2,000 acres of land. During the Civil War, the house served as a hospital and survived the conflict after a family member showed a Masonic sign to Union soldiers.
The name Noble Hall honors Dr. Luther Noble Duncan, a president of Auburn University, whose family took over the property in 1941. The wide porches and tall columns reflect how wealthy families lived and presented themselves in the 1800s.
The property sits about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) from downtown Auburn and was the first site in Lee County listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1972. Visitors can explore the original outbuildings including the kitchen, carriage house, and smokehouse, as well as remains of former dwellings scattered across the grounds.
A notable legend tells how during the Civil War, a family member nursed wounded soldiers at the house and showed a Union officer a Masonic sign. The gesture reportedly saved the building from destruction, with soldiers taking only horses and mules rather than damaging the property.
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