User:Vchimpanzee/Hall House (Albemarle, North Carolina)

Hall House is a Colonial Revival house at 343 North Second Street built in 1911 and 1912 in Albemarle, North Carolina. Built by Dr. J. Clegg and Mae Fitzgerald Hall, it is now owned by David Scarboro, who plans to convert it to a bed and breakfast. It is in the process of being named to the National Register of Historic Places.

Dr. J.C. Hall owned Hall's Pharmacy (now Tiffany's at the Boardroom) at 135 West Main Street from 1913 to 1933.

Architect Louis H. Asbury designed the 2-story brick house, which was built by L.A. Moody. Landscape architects were W.H. Richie (1913 and 1914) and E.S. Draper (1923). A concrete pergola was added to the left of the driveway in 1924. A brick retaining wall surrounds the property. The house is 3,769 square feet and has three bedrooms.

Glass windows were added to the sun porch and sleeping porch on the second floor in the 1920s. Hall family members lived in the house until the 1990s. Evelyn Hall Smith lived there from 1943 to 1995 with husband D.D. Smith. Evelyn Smith traveled a great deal in her early years and collected a number of antiques and art works which she added to the house.

Remodeling took place in the late 1990s when the house was owned by Dwight and Lisa Hall, who were not related to the other Hall family. David and Brenda Scarboro bought the Hall House in 2017 and restored it, bringing back features the house had when it was built, but also adding what was necessary for modern living. This was made possible when the original plans were found. The Hall family also returned screen doors and brass fireplace fixtures. Light fixtures on the first floor are original to the house. Chandeliers made of brass and crystal are mostly original as well. A curved stairway at the front entrance leads to a stained glass window. There is also a servants' stairway leading to the back of the house.

The Scarboros have changed the Hall House into an event venue for weddings and parties but plan Hall House and Gardens, a bed and breakfast. David Scarboro bought the Holbrook House next door in 2019 but sold it to John and Nicole Williams. Hall House and Gardens will include the Apothecary Room honoring Dr. Hall, the Fitzgerald Room honoring his wife, and the Evelyn Room for their daughter. The Evelyn Room will include letters and postcards from Evelyn Hall's travels. The garden in the back, to continue as an event venue, is called Brenda's Secret Garden, named for David's wife who died in 2019 and her favorite book. It is the second bed and breakfast in Albemarle, The 1891 Inn on Pee Dee Avenue (previously owned by Scarboro) being the first.