Cook-Sellers House

The Cook-Sellers House in Desoto, Mississippi is a historic house built c. 1855.

Cook-Sellers House
Cook–Sellers House
Location of house in Mississippi
Cook–Sellers House
Location of house in United States
LocationE. Station St., DeSoto, Mississippi
Coordinates31°58′16.813″N 88°42′46.685″W
Area9.9 acres (4.0 ha)
Builtc. 1855
MPSClarke County Antebellum Houses TR[1] (64000407)
NRHP reference No.80002205
Added to NRHP22 May 1980[2]

Description and history

The house is a one-story wood frame building with a T–plan. The facade has an undercut gallery and an ornamented entry. The front of the gallery is defined by six square columns and square balustrades. The centered steps are inset within the gallery and lead to the door which is flanked by engaged square columns supporting a full entablature. Within this are multi–paned sidelights and transom. The house dates from the arrival of the railroad in DeSoto (c. 1855) and is one of two extant homes that predate the American Civil War there.[3] Desoto was one of four principle towns, all on the Chickasawhay River and/or along the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, established in Clarke County before the war.[4]

The Cook–Sellers House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1980 as part of a thematic resource, "Clark County Antebellum Houses".[3][5]

See also

References
  1. "National Register Information System – Clarke County Antebellum Houses TR (#64000407)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2 November 2013.
  2. "National Register Information System – Cook-Sellers House (#80002205)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2 November 2013.
  3. Cook, Jody (22 May 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Cook-Sellers House". National Register of Historic Places. Washington, D.C., USA: National Park Service. Retrieved 25 Feb 2020. With a photo by J. Cook from 1979.
  4. Enzweiler, Susan M. (20 May 1994). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Clarke County MPS". National Register of Historic Places. Washington, D.C., USA: National Park Service. Retrieved 2 Mar 2020.
  5. Cook, Jody (22 May 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Clarke County Antebellum Houses TR". National Register of Historic Places. Washington, D.C., USA: National Park Service. Retrieved 25 Feb 2020.
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