Beck House | |
 Beck House in 2019 | |
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| Location | 1101 South St., Vicksburg, Warren County, Mississippi, United States |
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| Built | c. 1875 |
| Architect | R.F. Beck |
| Architectural style | Italianate |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001336 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | March 29, 1979 |
Beck House is a historic residence in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 29, 1979. [2] [3]
The Beck House was constructed as a residence for Richard F. Beck (1841–1891) and his family, he was a prominent building contractor, businessman, and politician in Vicksburg. [3] R.F. Beck was from Poughkeepsie in upstate New York, and arrived in Vicksburg in 1865, after the end of the American Civil War and during a time in a need for contractors. [3] [4]
It was built in c. 1875, in the High Victorian Italianate style. [3] In 1876, Beck married Mary Ellen Rigby and they had two children, Thomas and Mary. [4] After Beck's death in 1891, his window re-married her chauffeur Samuel Robert Hughes, and the family continued to live in the Beck House. [3] [4]
The house remained in the Beck family until 1971, when the house was sold to the Community Council, a charitable organization. [3] It was converted into a "halfway house", and the building suffered from neglect. [3] In 1978, the Beck House was sold to Harry M. Yoste and Beverly A. Bolton, who restored it to a single family residence. [3] In 1989, the house was sold to Robert Rosenthall, who had engaged in a long battle with city's permitting department. [5] The house fell in disrepair in 2003. [5]
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