Myrtle Bank (Natchez, Mississippi)

Myrtle Bank is a historic house in Natchez, Mississippi, USA.

Myrtle Bank
Location408 N. Pearl St., Natchez, Mississippi
Coordinates31°33′48″N 91°24′2″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1816 (1816)
Architectural styleMixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
NRHP reference No.78001583[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 22, 1978

History

Sir William Dunbar surveyed the land in the 18th century.[2] It was granted to George Overarker, a planter, in 1795.[2] Overarker, who also owned Hawthorne Place and Hope Farm, built Myrtle Bank prior to 1818.[2]

By 1835, Alfred Cochran and his wife Eliza, who was William Dunbar's great-granddaughter, purchased the house.[2] Two decades later, in 1856, it was purchased by Benjamin Wade, a planter.[2] Wade leased it to The Natchez Young Ladies Institute, a girl's boarding school, until the outset of the American Civil War in 1861.[2] The house remained in the Wade family until the 1870s.[2]

The house was restored by a new owner in 1957.[2]

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 22, 1978.[3]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Myrtle Bank". National Park Service. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  3. "Myrtle Bank". National Park Service. Missing or empty |url= (help)


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