Myrtle Bank (Natchez, Mississippi)

Myrtle Bank
Location 408 N. Pearl St., Natchez, Mississippi
Coordinates 31°33′48″N 91°24′2″W / 31.56333°N 91.40056°W / 31.56333; -91.40056Coordinates: 31°33′48″N 91°24′2″W / 31.56333°N 91.40056°W / 31.56333; -91.40056
Area less than one acre
Built 1816 (1816)
Architectural style Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
NRHP Reference # 78001583[1]
Added to NRHP December 22, 1978

Myrtle Bank is a historic house in Natchez, Mississippi, USA.

History

The land was surveyed by Sir William Dunbar in the 18th century.[2] It was granted to George Overarker, a planter, in 1795.[2] Overarker, who also owned Hawthorne Place and Hope Farm, built Myrtle Bank prior to 1818.[2]

By 1835, Alfred Cochran and his wife Eliza, who was William Dunbar's great-granddaughter, purchased the house.[2] Two decades later, in 1856, it was purchased by Benjamin Wade, a planter.[2] Wade leased it to The Natchez Young Ladies Institute, a girl's boarding school, until the outset of the American Civil War in 1861.[2] The house remained in the Wade family until the 1870s.[2]

The house was restored by a new owner in 1957.[2]

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 22, 1978.[3]

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 5 6 7 8 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Myrtle Bank". National Park Service. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Myrtle Bank". National Park Service.


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