Mount Olive (Natchez, Mississippi)

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Mount Olive
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Nearest city Natchez, Mississippi
Coordinates 31°37′14″N91°20′27″W / 31.62056°N 91.34083°W / 31.62056; -91.34083 Coordinates: 31°37′14″N91°20′27″W / 31.62056°N 91.34083°W / 31.62056; -91.34083
Area 6.3 acres (2.5 ha)
Built 1840 (1840)
NRHP reference # 80002194 [1]
Added to NRHP November 28, 1980

Mount Olive is a historic house in Natchez, Mississippi, USA.

Natchez, Mississippi Sole incorporated city in Mississippi, United States

Natchez is the county seat and only city of Adams County, Mississippi, United States. Natchez has a total population of 15,792. Located on the Mississippi River across from Vidalia in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, Natchez was a prominent city in the antebellum years, a center of cotton planters and Mississippi River trade.

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History

The land belonged to William Foster in the early 19th century. [2] By 1840, it was inherited by his great-niece, Eliza Tannehill Foster and her husband, Emmanuel Rigillio. [2] The couple built a great house on the plantation from 1840 to 1843. [2] It stayed in the Foster family until 1978, when it was sold to Bernard P. Wood. [2]

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 28, 1980. [3]

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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 3 4 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Mount Olive". National Park Service. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  3. "Mount Olive". National Park Service. Retrieved June 21, 2016.