Mallett-Rogers House (Council Hall)
The Mallett-Rogers House, believed to be the oldest house in Cumberland County, was moved to the Methodist University (then Methodist College) campus in 1986. Selected resources about the house from the Methodist University Archives are available below. A finding aid for the collection is available. Please contact the Methodist University Archives for further information about or access to the collection concerning the house.
Timeline
1735: The house is patented, and built by Hardy Council, Jr., on the west bank of the Cape Fear River.
1778: The house is deeded by James Council to Daniel Mallett.
1778 or 1779: The house is deeded by Daniel Mallett to his brother, the Revolutionary War general Peter Mallett.
1805: Prior to this date, Peter Mallett (the elder Peter's son) moves the house to a site between Gillespie Street and Cool Spring Street on Blount�s Creek. By this time it is known as Council Hall.
1830: Charles Peter Mallett moves the house to Eutaw Springs to escape a vaporous exhaust from Mallett�s Pond.
[date unknown]: Charles Beatty Mallett sells the house to James Marley Smith.
1919: James Marley Smith sells the house to Dr. J. Vance McGougan, who uses it for a summer home.
1923: Dr. McGougan sells the house to Mrs. Florence Rogers, who lives in it until her death in 1961.
[date unknown]: The house is used as an studio and gallery by local painter and sculptor Fritz Lopez. (A wooden bust of Lafayette carved by Mr. Lopez was donated to Methodist College in 1977.)
1983: House is placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
1986: The house is moved to the Methodist College (now Methodist University) campus and removed from the National Register of Historic Places. (According to University records, this is because a house can only be moved once and remain on the National Register, or possibly because the house was moved more than a mile.)
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