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WISTER GARDENS

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1938, Frances Chiles Henry and Wister Henry. 1440 MS 7

An allée of live oak trees announces the entrance to “The Delta’s Garden,” a rarity in a region where industrialized agriculture makes land too valuable to be used for mere pleasure. In 1938, cotton planter Wister Henry donated fourteen acres near the Yazoo River for a Civilian Conservation Corps camp. After the CCC team moved to another work site, Wister and Frances Henry built their Colonial Revival house at the end of the allée and began laying out their fourteen acres to include a lake and plants, including azaleas, roses, crape myrtles, camellias, and fruit trees. An artesian well, improved by the CCC, feeds a fountain that is the garden’s focal point, joined by an ironwork gazebo and a garden house. In 1971, the Men’s Garden Clubs of America gave Wister Henry its highest honor, the Johnny Appleseed Award.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller
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OLD COCA-COLA BOTTLING PLANT
HUMPHREYS COUNTY COURTHOUSE AND JAIL

Citation

Jennifer V.O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio with Mary Warren Miller, "WISTER GARDENS", [Belzoni, Mississippi], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/MS-02-DR69.

Print Source

Buildings of Mississippi, Jennifer V. O. Baughn and Michael W. Fazio. With Mary Warren Miller. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021, 139-139.

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