Property

Location Information
(for the "The Burn")

Name:

"The Burn"

Address:

712 Union Street, North

City/County:

Natchez, Adams County

Architectural Information

Construction Date:

c.1836

Architectural Styles(s):

Greek Revival

No. of Stories:

1.5

Registration Information

NR Listing Date:

03 Jul 1979

NR District Name:

Upriver Residential (1983)

NR Status:

Contributing

Element No.:

364

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Local Designation Information

Local District Name:

Natchez Historic District

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Context/Comments

Built about 1836, this beautifully detailed and proportioned suburban residence is the oldest documented Greek Revival residence in Natchez.

This building was individually listed on the National Register on 3 July 1979, and it was later included as element #364 in the Upriver Residential Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 1 December 1983.

It is included in "The Majesty of Natchez" (1969/1981/1986) (p. 19), "Old Homes of Mississippi, Volume I: Natchez and the South" (1977) (pp. 30-31), "Plantation Homes of Louisiana and the Natchez Area" (1982) (p. 72), "The Great Houses of Natchez" (1986) (pp. 12-14), "Architecture of the Old South: Mississippi – Alabama" (1989), "Classic Natchez" (1996) (pp. 29, 96-97), "Natchez Images, 1880-1960" (2002) (p. 48), "Natchez: Houses and History …” (2003) (pp. 100-103), "Louisiana Architecture 1820-1840" (2005) (pp. 238-239). "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p.43, ND45), and other books. [HABS: MS-17-4: measured drawings]