Area 89 ha | NRHP Reference # 79003381 Added to NRHP 17 September 1979 | |
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Architectural styles Greek Revival architecture, Victorian architecture |
Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District is a historic district in Natchez, Mississippi that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
Important sites within the district include:
Architecturally, the district includes a set of Greek Revival works that are of national-level significance, and many other styles including Late Victorian architecture. It has what is assessed to be the best Swiss Chalet Style work in Mississippi and it also has the best residential French Second Empire style work in Mississippi.
It includes National Historic Landmark-designated sites:
and other sites individually listed on the National Register:
houses" in the district and as "the best example of the Second Empire style in the state of Mississippi." (see photo #62)
One of the district's "pivotal" contributing buildings is the Adams County Courthouse at 201 S. Wall Street, which was built c. 1820 as a two-story Federal-style brick courthouse with a cupola. It was remodeled c. 1920 into Colonial Revival style with classical porticos. (See photo #55 in accompanying photos.) Ca. 1820,emodeled ca, 1920. (see phoowner 2, photo 55)
A map delineating the area of the district, including a rectangle defined by Monroe, Pine, Orleans, and Broadway, but also a bit more, is provided in its 1979 NRHP nomination document.