Moir Hall

Robert Moir 1824 – 1901, Conducted a distilling business and extended his operations to banking, merchandising, logging and milling. Mr. Moir became one of the most prominent figures in the financial circles of the Middle West.

The Moir Hall is a 3 story Georgian Revival house built in Flemish brick bond. The main portion of the house is rectangular with wings extending to the west and south. Other features include multiple hip roofs, maudlin bricks, corner quoins, and a stone string course between the second and third floors. The majority of the windows have stone lintels in an ornate 3 part variation of a jack arch. The front door is surrounded by panels of art glass and there is extensive use of art glass windows throughout the house. The east entry facade is symmetrical with the ornate entryway defined by a slight projection and quoning of the brick which extends to a pediment above the 3rd floor. The east, north, and south sides of the house are surrounded by a wide one story flat roofed verandah supported by massive fine cut stone columns on a limestone block base. There is a carriage porch on the northwest corner which is bordered by ornate cast iron railings, gates and posts. Later on the house was used as a residence for student nurses at Memorial Hospital.