Prison education in Salisbury, North Carolina

Located at 226 South Jackson Street in Salisbury, North Carolina, the Hall House Museum is a historic institution that offers visitors a glimpse into the past. Originally built in 1820 as classrooms for the Salisbury Female Academy, the house was later transformed into a grand Southern residence by Dr. Josephus Hall in 1859. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Hall House has served four generations of the Hall family before being purchased by the Historic Salisbury Foundation in 1972. Visitors to the Hall House Museum can explore original furnishings, wallpapers, painted ceilings, and even a desk used by Andrew Jackson during his law studies in the 1780s. The grounds of the museum also feature a restored kitchen building where enslaved workers lived and worked, as well as a cannon from Salisbury's Civil War Prison.