Airlie (Natchez)
Airlie | |
Location | 9 Elm St., Natchez, Mississippi |
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Coordinates | 31°34′9″N 91°23′40″W / 31.56917°N 91.39444°WCoordinates: 31°34′9″N 91°23′40″W / 31.56917°N 91.39444°W |
Area | 7 acres (2.8 ha) |
Built | 1793 |
NRHP reference No. | 82000566[1] |
Added to NRHP | October 29, 1982 |
Airlie (a.k.a. "Belvidere" or "Old Buckner Place") is a house in Natchez, Mississippi built in 1793.
Location[]
It is located at number 9 on Elm Street in Natchez, Mississippi.
History[]
The house was built for Stephen Minor (1760–1815), a prominent plantation owner, in 1793. It is one of the oldest houses in Natchez, dating even to the Spanish colonial period. It was rebuilt in 1800 and was added to several times.[2]
Owned by attorney, cotton planter, and slaveholding entrepreneur William Aylette Buckner before the Civil War.[3] Used as a hospital for Union soldiers in Civil War.[4]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982. The listing included two contributing buildings and one contributing structure.[1][2]
References[]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b Mary Ellen Fogarty (September 13, 1982). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Airlie". National Park Service. and accompanying 11 photos from 1982
- ^ "Texas Archival Resources Online".
- ^ "Airlie, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi". Library of Congress.
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
- Houses completed in 1793
- Spanish Colonial architecture in the United States
- Houses in Natchez, Mississippi
- National Register of Historic Places in Natchez, Mississippi
- Mississippi Registered Historic Place stubs