Melrose (Natchez, Mississippi)

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Melrose
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark

Melrose in 2006
Location	Melrose Avenue, Natchez, Mississippi
Built	1845
Architectural style	Greek Revival
Governing body	National Park Service
Part of	Natchez National Historical Park (#01000276)
NRHP Reference #	74002253
Added to NRHP	May 30, 1974^[1]
Designated NHL	May 30, 1974^[2]

Melrose is a mansion that is said to reflect "perfection" in its Greek Revival design. The 80-acre (320,000 m²) estate is now part of Natchez National Historical Park and is open to the public by guided tours. The house is furnished for the period just before the Civil War. The grounds feature outbuildings including the two storied kitchen and dairy buildings, octagonal cistern houses, a smoke house, a privy, slave quarters, a barn and a carriage house.^[3]

Melrose was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974.^[2]^[4]

Melrose in 1975
Melrose dining room
Melrose portico

References

↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
↑ 2.0 2.1 "Melrose". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-10-13.
↑ http://www.natchezontheriver.com/news/2008/oct/13/melrose/ Article about the history of Melrose, Natchez on the River, Oct. 13, 2008
↑ Paul Goeldner (January 7, 1974). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Melrose PDF (328 KB). National Park Service and Accompanying 11 photos, exterior and interior, from 1973 and undated. PDF (3.01 MB)

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