Draft:Willis Ball

Willis Ball was a builder and architect in Georgia. He was from Connecticut. He designed homes for family members of Roswell King, a businessman who founded Roswell, Georgia.

Several homes he designed are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. He designed Barrington Hall (Roswell, Georgia) for Roswell King's son. He designed the Glover-McLeod-Garrison House at 250 Garrison Road SE in what is now Marietta, Georgia. He designed Primrose Cottage (Roswell, Georgia) for Roswell King's widowed daughter and the Roswell Presbyterian Church, both also in Roswell Historic District.

Roswell King who established Roswell, Georgia was also from Connecticut.

Work

 * Barrington Hall (Roswell, Georgia) (1839)
 * Bulloch Hall (1839) in Roswell
 * Primrose Cottage in Roswell
 * Roswell Presbyterian Church
 * Glover–McLeod–Garrison House

Archibald Howell House, Kennesaw Ave., Marietta, Georgia ."Is this the Howell-Sessions-Hallman House, 303 Kennesaw Avenue, in Northwest Marietta Historic District? "Another Greek Revival home, the Howell-Sessions- Hallman House, (c.1848), 303 Kennesaw Avenue, about 200 yards south of  "Tranquilla", is  a monumental two story, porticoed structure with & four room central hall. The Howell-Sessions-Hallman House was used as a headquarters for a Federal Gerferal during the Civil War and later, in the 1880 f s was used as the Harwood Female Seminary; in the 1890 f s  a Moultrie Sessions purchased the property and performed extensive exterior and interior changes." (p.2 in NRHP doc for the district).

He designed the first iteration of Mimosa Hall for the Dunwoody family. The night of the initial house warming party, coals were knocked out of a lit fireplace and the home burned to the ground. Willis Ball did not redesign the new home, the Dunwoody Family chose another contractor who was available at the time.

"Connecticut Yankee" brought Greek Revival style

Wanderlust Atlanta about touring 3 Roswell houses and supposedly can't even take exterior photos unless for personal use.

"Willis Ball" builder -architect adds:
 * https://www.facebook.com/oldmarietta/posts/678888988832271
 * https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1WTR at Barrington Hall had 5 year building process 2 for cutting and curing lumber, 3 for building (same as ?)
 * https://mindcontrolblackassassins.com/category/fugitive-slave-law/ he was a Mason