- Melrose (Natchez, Mississippi)
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Melrose
Melrose in 2006Location: Melrose Avenue, Natchez, Mississippi Built: 1845 Architectural style: Greek Revival Governing body: National Park Service Part of: Natchez National Historical Park (#01000276) NRHP Reference#: 74002253 Significant dates Added to NRHP: May 30, 1974[1] Designated NHL: May 30, 1974[2] Melrose is a mansion that is said to reflect "perfection" in its Greek Revival design. The 80-acre (320,000 m2) estate is now part of Natchez National Historical Park and is open to the public by guided tours. The house is furnished for the period just before the Civil War. The grounds feature outbuildings including the two storied kitchen and dairy buildings, octagonal cistern houses, a smoke house, a privy, slave quarters, a barn and a carriage house.[3]
Melrose was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974.[2][4]
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Melrose in 1975
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Melrose dining room
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Melrose portico
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "Melrose". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1517&ResourceType=Building. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
- ^ http://www.natchezontheriver.com/news/2008/oct/13/melrose/ Article about the history of Melrose, Natchez on the River, Oct. 13, 2008
- ^ Paul Goeldner (January 7, 1974). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: MelrosePDF (328 KB). National Park Service and Accompanying 11 photos, exterior and interior, from 1973 and undated.PDF (3.01 MB)
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