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White Cottage (Natchez, Mississippi)

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Built
  
1814 (1814)

Opened
  
1814

Added to NRHP
  
13 October 1983

NRHP Reference #
  
83003937

Area
  
2 ha

White Cottage (Natchez, Mississippi)

Location
  
71 Homochitto St., Natchez, Mississippi

Architectural style
  
Greek Revival architecture

Similar
  
Natchez National Historical, Grand Village of the Natch, Natchez Museum of African A, Dunleith, Natchez National Cemetery

White Cottage, also known as Twin Oaks, is a historic house in Natchez, Mississippi, USA.

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History

The land belonged to the Routh family in the 18th century. It was acquired by Lewis Evans, a planter and sheriff, from 1810 to 1814. It was purchased by Pierce Connelly in 1832. Roughly a decade later, in 1841, it was purchased by Charles Dubuisson, the former president of Jefferson College and later a member of Mississippi legislature. By 1940, it was purchased by Homer Whittington.

Heritage significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 13, 1983.

References

White Cottage (Natchez, Mississippi) Wikipedia