Cotesworth
Cotesworth | |
The house in 1936 | |
| Location | One mile north of North Carrollton on the old Grenada Road. |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | North Carrollton, Mississippi |
| Coordinates | 33°32′13.3″N 89°54′32.5″W / 33.537028°N 89.909028°W |
| Area | 900 acres (360 ha) |
| Built | 1847 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 78001592[1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 9, 1978 |
Cotesworth is a historic mansion in North Carrollton, Mississippi, United States.
Location
The mansion is located on Old Grenada Road in North Carrollton, Carroll County, Mississippi.
History
The mansion was built as an inn in the 1840s.[2][3] In 1847, it was acquired by local lawyer[4] and future United States Senator James Zachariah George, who turned it into a Greek Revival mansion.[2] He named it after Cotesworth P. Smith.[5]
Two decades after the end of the American Civil War, Senator George built "a free-standing hexagonal library" on the grounds.[2]
The mansion stayed in Senator George's family until 2013, when Katharine Saunders Williams, his great-great-granddaughter, donated it to establish the Cotesworth Culture and Heritage Center.[6]
Heritage significance
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 9, 1978.[4]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System – (#78001592)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b c Visit Mississippi: Cotesworth
- ^ Mary Carol Miller, Must See Mississippi: 50 Favorite Places, Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2007, pp. 83-86
- ^ a b Mary McCahon Shoemaker (October 1977). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form: Cotesworth" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved June 27, 2015. Five Photos (1977-1978)
- ^ Timothy B. Smith, "James Z. George: Mississippi's Great Commoner," University Press of Mississippi, 2012, chapter four.
- ^ "Cotesworth Center". Archived from the original on December 19, 2014. Retrieved June 26, 2015.