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NATCHEZ INSTITUTE

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1901, John W. Gaddis. 108 S. Commerce St.

Built by Natchez contractor William Stietenroth, Natchez’s oldest public school building, primarily Romanesque Revival with some Colonial Revival detailing, is finished in pressed brick, cut limestone trim, and cast-metal ornament. The central bell tower, missing its exuberant upper stage, is echoed in lower corner towers with paneled parapets and cast-metal ornament. Three round arches with molded impost course and archivolts define the entrance loggia. The building now houses the headquarters, museum, and archives of the Historic Natchez Foundation.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller
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Citation

Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller, "NATCHEZ INSTITUTE", [Natchez, Mississippi], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MS-02-ND29.

Print Source

Buildings of Mississippi, Jennifer V. O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio. With Mary Warren Miller. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, 35-35.

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