Smith-Bontura-Evans House

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Nearest city Natchez, Mississippi
Coordinates 31°33′40″N91°24′22″W / 31.56111°N 91.40611°W / 31.56111; -91.40611
Built1851
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference No. 78001585 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 29, 1978

The Smith-Bontura-Evans-House, also known as Evansview [2] and as Bontura, is a historic house and business built by Robert D. Smith in Natchez, Mississippi. A free African American, Smith built the combined building for his livery business and a Greek Revival residence between 1851 and 1858. [3] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 1978. [1]

In 1977 the property was owned by the Natchez Town chapter of the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Mary M. Shoemaker (October 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Smith-Bontura-Evans House". National Park Service . Retrieved July 29, 2017. With two photos from 1977.
  3. National Register of Historic Places (October 1, 1994). African American Historic Places. John Wiley & Sons. p. 298. ISBN   978-0-471-14345-1.