Elms Court
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| Location | 42 John R. Junkin Drive, Natchez, Mississippi |
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| Coordinates | 31°31′54.97″N 91°23′43.07″W / 31.5319361°N 91.3952972°W / 31.5319361; -91.3952972 |
| Area | 163 acres (66 ha) |
| Built | 1836 (1836) |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 77000780[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 2, 1977 |
Elms Court is a historic mansion in Natchez, Mississippi, United States.
It is located at 542 John R. Junkin Drive in Natchez, Mississippi.
History
The mansion was built in 1835–1836.[2] Galleries of lacy iron work said to have been brought from Belgium.[3] In 1852, Francis Surget (1784–1856) purchased it for his daughter Jane (Surget) Merrill (1829–1866) and her husband Ayres Phillips Merrill II (1826–1883).[2][4] Upon Surget's death in 1856, the property (including the house and eight enslaved people) was bequeathed to his daughter Jane.[4][2]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 2, 1977 and may be unique among Natchez plantation houses in being owned by a supporter of the Union cause leading up to and during the Civil War.[5]
References
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- 1 2 3 "SURGET FAMILY PAPERS, Mississippi Department of Archives and History". Mdah.state.ms.us. Archived from the original on April 15, 2014. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- ↑ "Elmscourt, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi". Loc.gov. Retrieved July 6, 2018.
- 1 2 William Kauffman Scarborough, Masters of the Big House: Elite Slaveholders of the Mid-nineteenth-century South, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2006, p. 100
- ↑ The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. J.T. White. 1900. p. 528. Retrieved July 6, 2018 – via Internet Archive.
Ayres P. Merrill II.
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