Property

Location Information
(for the "Ravenna")

Name:

"Ravenna"

Address:

8 Ravenna Lane

City/County:

Natchez, Adams County

Architectural Information

Construction Date:

c.1835

Architectural Styles(s):

Greek Revival

No. of Stories:

2.5

Registration Information

NR Listing Date:

04 Nov 1982

NR District Name:

Downriver Residential (1999)

NR Status:

Contributing, Previously Listed

Element No.:

View National Register Nomination Form

Local Designation Information

Local District Name:

Natchez Historic District

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Context/Comments

"Ravenna" is one of the most architecturally significant early Greek Revival mansions in Natchez. This significance is based upon its well-documented construction, its high degree of architectural finish, and the uniqueness of its architectural form in Natchez. Ravenna was constructed in 1835-36 as the residence of William Harris, a commission merchant, real estate developer, planter, and Natchez alderman.

This house was individually listed on the National Register on 4 November 1982, and it was later included as element #81 in the Downriver Residential Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 25 March 1999.

It is included in "The Majesty of Natchez" (1969/1981/1986) (pp. 46-47), "Old Homes of Mississippi, Volume I: Natchez and the South" (1977) (pp. 61-62), "The Great Houses of Natchez" (1986) (pp. 92-94), "Architecture of the Old South: Mississippi - Alabama" (1989), "Classic Natchez" (1996) (pp. 29, 92-93), and "Louisiana Architecture 1820-1840" (2005) (p. 233).