Edgewood (Natchez, Mississippi) Explained

Edgewood
Location:	Natchez, Mississippi
Built:	1860
Architect:	Howard & Diettel
Architecture:	Italianate
Added:	March 30, 1979
Refnum:	79001283

Edgewood, also known as Edgewood Plantation, is a historic house near Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi.^[1]

History

It was designed in the Italianate architectural style by New Orleans architects Howard & Diettel and was built by contractor Thomas Rose. It is a south-facing house two stories tall at the front and three stores at the rear. It has two-story service wings on both sides. It has a hipped roof with an overhang supported by paired brackets.^[2]

It has a dark pink facade.^[3]

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1979.

Notes and References

1. Web site: University of Mississippi Libraries: Digital Collections . 2014-04-17 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304214404/http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ms_cities/id/610 . dead .
2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=79001283}} National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Edgewood ]. National Park Service. Mary Warren Miller . September 24, 1978 . March 29, 2017 . With .
3. Caroline Seebohm, Enshrining the Old South , The New York Times, February 10, 1991