James Hardie (architect)
American architect
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James Hardie (died 1889)[1] was an American architect of Natchez, Mississippi. Several of his works are listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.[2]
Hardie was an immigrant from Scotland. He and two brothers, all carpenters, moved to Natchez in the 1830s.[1]
He designed St. Mary's Cathedral, in Natchez, which is listed on the National Register within the Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District. The Gothic Revival brick cathedral's construction began in 1842 and it was dedicated in 1843.[3][4]
Works include:
- Choctaw (1836), also known as Neibert-Fisk House, 310 N. Wall St., Natchez, a Greek Revival house[1][5] NRHP-listed[2]
- Chapel at Laurel Hill Plantation, S of Natchez off US 61, Natchez, Mississippi. The chapel was the first Gothic Revival building in Mississippi.[1] Hardie also did repairs/renovations at Laurel Hill, in his old age.[1] Laurel Hill is NRHP-listed[2]
- Homewood (1852)[1]
- Shadyside, 107 Shadyside St., Natchez, Mississippi, NRHP-listed[2]
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