Wakefield (Holly Springs, Mississippi)

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Wakefield
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Location Salem Avenue, Holly Springs, Mississippi, U.S.
Coordinates 34°46′17.5″N89°26′10.3″W / 34.771528°N 89.436194°W / 34.771528; -89.436194 Coordinates: 34°46′17.5″N89°26′10.3″W / 34.771528°N 89.436194°W / 34.771528; -89.436194
Built 1858
Architectural style Greek Revival
Part of East Holly Springs Historic District (#83000960 [1] )
Added to NRHP April 20, 1983

Wakefield is a historic mansion in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA.

Holly Springs, Mississippi City in Mississippi, United States

Holly Springs is a city in and county seat of Marshall County, Mississippi, United States at the border with southern Tennessee. Near the Mississippi Delta, the area was developed by European Americans for cotton plantations and was dependent on enslaved Africans. After the American Civil War, many freedmen continued to work in agriculture but as sharecroppers and tenant farmers.

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Location

The house is located in Holly Springs, a small town in Marshall County, Northern Mississippi.

Marshall County, Mississippi County in the United States

Marshall County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 37,144. Its county seat is Holly Springs. The county is named for Chief Justice of the United States John Marshall.

History

The two-storey mansion was built with red bricks and completed in 1858. [1] [2] [3] It was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style, [3] with four Corinthian columns. [1] It was built for Joel E. Wynne, a "prominent merchant and contractor." [2] [3] By 1890, the owner lost the house in a poker game. [3]

Greek Revival architecture architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries

The Greek Revival was an architectural movement of the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in Northern Europe and the United States. A product of Hellenism, it may be looked upon as the last phase in the development of Neoclassical architecture. The term was first used by Charles Robert Cockerell in a lecture he gave as Professor of Architecture to the Royal Academy of Arts, London in 1842.

Corinthian order Latest of the three principal classical orders of ancient Greek and Roman architecture

The Corinthian order is the last developed of the three principal classical orders of ancient Greek and Roman architecture. The other two are the Doric order which was the earliest, followed by the Ionic order. When classical architecture was revived during the Renaissance, two more orders were added to the canon, the Tuscan order and the Composite order. The Corinthian, with its offshoot the Composite, is the most ornate of the orders. This architectural style is characterized by slender fluted columns and elaborate capitals decorated with acanthus leaves and scrolls. There are many variations.

The mansion was used as the main setting in Like Unto Like, a novel by Southern author Sherwood Bonner. [2]

Katherine Sherwood Bonner McDowell was an American female author and feminist during America's Gilded Age. She is also simply known as Sherwood Bonner, which was her pen name.

Architectural significance

As a contributing property to the East Holly Springs Historic District, [1] it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 20, 1983. [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Registration Form: East Holly Springs Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Kempe, Helen Kerr (1977). The Pelican Guide to Old Homes of Mississippi: Columbus and the North. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company. p. 96.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Kempe, Helen Kerr (1998). Marshall County: From the Collection of Chesley Thorne Smith. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company. p. 32.
  4. ↑ "East Holly Springs Historic District". National Park Service . Retrieved September 12, 2015.
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