Location Information
(for the Newell Rogers House)
Name:Newell Rogers House [R. C. Gaddis House]
Address:706 6th Avenue, North
City/County:Laurel, Jones County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:1909
Architectural Styles(s):Mediterranean
No. of Stories:2
Registration Information
NR Listing Date:20 Apr 1987
NR District Name:Laurel Central (1987)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:162
NR District Name:Laurel Central (Additional Documentation/Boundary Increase/D (2021)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:186
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Local Designation Information
Local District Name:Laurel Central Historic District
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Context/Comments
Designed by the architectural firm of DeBuys, Churchill and Labouisse, this distinctive house of monolithic concrete construction was built about 1909-10 as the residence of Julia Gardiner Rogers (daughter of George S. Gardiner) and her husband Newell Rogers.

The house was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 20 April 1987, and it was later included as an element (#162) in the Laurel Central Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 4 September 1987.

The house is included in "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p. 310, in the listing for the North 5th and North 6th Avenues Residential District, PW15).
Brief Description
This grand, 2-story house is reinforced concrete construction with Neoclassical and Mediterranean influences. It is rectangular in form with a low-pitched side-gabled roof. The roof is enhanced by tile shingles. The exterior of the house is tinted cement coating. Stuccoed, exterior chimneys are at each end of the house. The symmetrical façade (east) is 5 bays (W, W, D, W, W) with a single leaf entry door. The windows on either side of the door are narrow, multi-light and fixed. The outer windows are 8-over-8 DH wood sash. A small balcony supported by decorative metal posts is above the door. It is topped by a metal balustrade. The 2nd floor of the façade is 3 bays (W, D, W) with a centered, door that opens onto the balcony. Primary windows on side and rear elevations are 6-over-6 DH wood sash. A lower 2-story gabled bay projects from the south. Its 1st floor is a sunroom with Doric columns. Between the columns are window walls. The upper floor has decorative metal support posts separated by full-height, multi-light casement-style doors.
Historic Information
The house was commissioned by George S. Gardiner for his daughter, Juliet and her husband Newell Rogers.