The Burn | |
Location: | 307 Oak St., Natchez, Mississippi |
Coordinates: | 31.5653°N -91.3961°W |
Built: | 1834, c. 1940 |
Architect: | Montgomery & Keys |
Architecture: | Greek Revival |
Added: | July 03, 1979 |
Refnum: | 79001280 |
The Burn, a house built in 1834, is the oldest documented Greek Revival residence in Natchez, Mississippi. It was built on a knoll to the north of the old town area of Natchez. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
The house is a one-and-a-half-story Greek Revival double-pile central hall plan building built of frame construction upon a brick basement. It has a five bay east-facing façade with a pedimented portico supported by four fluted Doric columns.
It was built to be the residence of John P. Walworth, a wealthy planter, merchant, banker, and politician.[1]
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