Greene-Marston House
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| location | 2000 Dauphin St. Mobile , Alabama , USA |
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| Coordinates | 30 ° 41 ′ 12 ″ N , 88 ° 5 ′ 19 ″ W | ||
| Built | circa 1851 | ||
| Architectural style | Late Victorian | ||
| NRHP number | 83002966 | ||
| The NRHP added | January 11, 1983 | ||
The Greene-Marston House (also often called Termite Hall ) is a historic residential building in Mobile in the US state of Alabama . It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 11, 1983 .
history
The house was originally built around 1851 as a one and a half story cottage for the Greene family. In 1903 it was developed by Martin Van Heuval into a much larger two and a half story late Victorian building with the original structure as a side wing. The building was remodeled by William Syson in 1910.
In 1919 the house was bought by Regina DeMouy Rapier after DeMouy's apartment was destroyed by fire. Several members of the DeMouy, Rapier and Marston families lived in the house at the time. The house was named "Termite Hall" after an accident at the beginning of the 20th century. One evening, Sister Adelaide and Eleanor Marston were sitting on a balcony railing that broke before their eyes when they stood up. It was later discovered that the grid was infested with termites.
The house was later known as a local literary hangout. In 1941 Adelaide Caroline Marston Trigg founded the bookstore “The Haunted Book Shop” in Mobile, which attracted authors such as Harper Lee , Thomas Mann , Eugene Walter and William March . Marston Trigge later sold her stake in The Haunted Book Shop and started Far Corners Book Search at Termite Hall.
The sister Adelaide and Eleanor were close friends with Eugen Walter. The author, poet, cook and translator was himself friends with Federico Fellini . Walter has lived with them several times and in 1982 wrote a cookbook named after the house called Delectable Dishes From Termite Hall . Adelaide Trigg died in 2008 at the age of 99. Her granddaughter's novel "Hope of Rising Again" is set in Termite Hall. The house still belongs to members of the Marston-Trigg family.
On January 11, 1983, the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places for its architectural significance .
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Individual evidence
- ^ A b Greene-Marston House. In: NPGallery Digital Asset Management System. National Park Service , accessed February 8, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c d Termite Hall. In: termitehall.org. Archived from the original ; accessed on February 9, 2020 (English).
- ↑ a b Kim Lanier: Adelaide Trigg, founder of Haunted Book Shop, dies at 89th Press Register, October 3, 2008, archived from the original on June 9, 2011 ; accessed on August 19, 2009 .
- ^ Eugene Walter, 76, a Novelist of the South . In: New York Times . April 26, 1998 ( nytimes.com [accessed August 19, 2009]).
- ^ Frank Daugherty: New orchestra seeks to demystify classical music. Press Register, November 20, 2008, archived from the original on June 9, 2011 ; accessed on August 19, 2009 .