Barrington Hall
Roswell, Fulton County, Georgia
Marker Inscription
Barrington Hall. Barrington King, co-founder of Roswell with his father, Roswell King, for whom the town is named, selected this spot for his home, which is in the Greek Revival style of architecture. Willis Ball, a carpenter from Connecticut, was the builder. After five years - two years for cutting and seasoning the virgin timber and three years for building - Barrington Hall was completed in 1842. The grounds were laid out by an English landscape gardener. The Kings, father and son, bought the land where Roswell stands, organized the Roswell Manufacturing Company which was incorporated in 1839 with Barrington King as president, and laid out the town with wide streets and a park. They gave building sites for the Presbyterian and Methodist churches and for the Academy, and to the six families (which included the family of Barrington King) who formed the colony of Roswell. 060-125 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1958
Erected by Georgia Historical Commission
The Story
Barrington Hall was the Greek Revival home of Barrington King, who with his father Roswell King founded the town of Roswell. Completed in 1842 after two years of seasoning virgin timber and three of construction by Connecticut carpenter Willis Ball, the house crowned a community the Kings had planned with wide streets, a park, and church and school sites. The Kings also organized the Roswell Manufacturing Company, incorporated in 1839, which made the town a textile center.
Why it matters
The house stands at the origin of an entire planned mill town, embodying the marriage of antebellum industry and gracious Southern architecture.
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Attractions
- Sweet Eloise10.3 mi away
- Hispanic Latin America Shopping Mall10.9 mi away
- Governor's Mansion11.8 mi away · 391 West Paces Ferry Road Northwest, Atlanta, GA
- Trail Sign - Grasshopper13.3 mi away
- Trail Sign - Great Blue Heron13.3 mi away
- Trail Sign - Monarch Butterfly13.3 mi away
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Related people
- · Barrington King
- · Roswell King
- · Willis Ball
Related events
- · Founding of Roswell
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