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MEADVILLA

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1808; later alterations; 2017 rehabilitated. 816 U.S. 61 N

Cowles Mead, secretary of the Mississippi Territory, built Meadvilla, which afterward became home to geologist and historian Benjamin L. C. Wailes. The two-story I-house originally had two front entrances; the current single entrance door is mid-twentieth century. The double-tiered front gallery is an early addition. Interior features include gouged-carved cornices and Federal-style mantels.

Between Meadvilla and U.S. 61 is the brick Federal-style Washington Methodist Church (1828; 814 U.S. 61 N), with a front-gabled, three-bay facade, segmental-arched windows, and double-leaf doors with transoms.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller
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INGLESIDE
LINDEN
MELROSE
WOODLAWN HISTORIC DISTRICT
MONMOUTH

Citation

Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller, "MEADVILLA", [Natchez, Mississippi], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MS-02-ND61.

Print Source

Buildings of Mississippi, Jennifer V. O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio. With Mary Warren Miller. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, 54-55.

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