Mosely-Woods House

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Mosely-Woods House
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Location 1461 Bell Rd., Yazoo City, Mississippi
Coordinates 32°49′20″N90°26′7″W / 32.82222°N 90.43528°W / 32.82222; -90.43528 Coordinates: 32°49′20″N90°26′7″W / 32.82222°N 90.43528°W / 32.82222; -90.43528
Area less than one acre
Built 1880 (1880)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 05000623 [1]
Added to NRHP June 25, 2005

The Mosely-Woods House (a.k.a. Starling-Wilburn House) is a historic house in Yazoo City, Mississippi.

A historic house generally meets several criteria before being listed by an official body as "historic." Generally the building is at least a certain age, depending on the rules for the individual list. A second factor is that the building be in recognizably the same form as when it became historic. Third is a requirement that either an event of historical importance happened at the site, or that a person of historical significance was associated with the site, or that the building itself is important for its architecture or interior.

Yazoo City, Mississippi City in Mississippi, United States of America

Yazoo City is a U.S. city in Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was named after the Yazoo River, which, in turn was named by the French explorer Robert La Salle in 1682 as "Rivière des Yazous" in reference to the Yazoo tribe living near the river's mouth. It is the county seat of Yazoo County and the principal city of the Yazoo City Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Jackson–Yazoo City Combined Statistical Area. According to the 2010 census, the population was 11,403.

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History

The house was built circa 1860. [2] Two decades later, in 1880, it was acquired by William Mosely, a black landowner, from Ann Holt. [2]

Heritage significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 25, 2005.

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References

  1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 John E. Ellzey, Yazoo, Gretna, Louisiana: Arcadia Publishing, 2014, p. 39