The Burn (Natchez, Mississippi)

	Burn, The
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	307 Oak St., Natchez, Mississippi
Coordinates	31°33′55″N 91°23′46″W / 31.56528°N 91.39611°WCoordinates: 31°33′55″N 91°23′46″W / 31.56528°N 91.39611°W
Built	1834, c. 1940
Architect	Montgomery & Keys
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	79001280
Added to NRHP	July 03, 1979

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.^[2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.^[1]

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.^[2]

It was built to be the residence of John P. Walworth, a wealthy planter, merchant, banker, and politician.^[2]

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^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ ^a ^b ^c Mary Warren Miller (February 12, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: The Burn". National Park Service. Retrieved October 20, 2016. with four photos from 1979 and two from during the Civil War

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[nrhpdoc-2] Mary Warren Miller (February 12, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: The Burn". National Park Service. Retrieved October 20, 2016. with four photos from 1979 and two from during the Civil War

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