Cotesworth

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Cotesworth
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The house in 1936
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LocationOne mile north of North Carrollton on the old Grenada Road.
Nearest city North Carrollton, Mississippi
Coordinates 33°32′13.3″N89°54′32.5″W / 33.537028°N 89.909028°W / 33.537028; -89.909028
Area900 acres (360 ha)
Built1847
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 78001592 [1]
Added to NRHPJune 9, 1978

Cotesworth is a historic mansion in North Carrollton, Mississippi, United States.

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Location

The mansion is located on Old Grenada Road in North Carrollton, Carroll County, Mississippi.

History

The mansion was built as an inn in the 1840s. [2] [3] In 1847, it was acquired by local lawyer [4] and future United States Senator James Zachariah George, who turned it into a Greek Revival mansion. [2] He named it after Cotesworth P. Smith. [5]

Two decades after the end of the American Civil War, Senator George built "a free-standing hexagonal library" on the grounds. [2]

The mansion remained in the ownership of Senator George's family until 2013. In that year, Katharine Saunders Williams, his great-great-granddaughter, made a generous donation of the property to create the Cotesworth Culture and Heritage Center. This donation allowed for the establishment of a center dedicated to preserving and promoting the cultural and historical heritage associated with Cotesworth Mansion. [6]

Heritage significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 9, 1978. [4]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System  (#78001592)". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 3 Visit Mississippi: Cotesworth
  3. Mary Carol Miller, Must See Mississippi: 50 Favorite Places, Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2007, pp. 83-86
  4. 1 2 Mary McCahon Shoemaker (October 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Cotesworth" (PDF). National Park Service . Retrieved 2015-06-27. Five Photos (1977-1978)
  5. Timothy B. Smith, "James Z. George: Mississippi's Great Commoner," University Press of Mississippi, 2012, chapter four.
  6. "Cotesworth Center". Archived from the original on 2014-12-19. Retrieved 2015-06-26.