| Constructed between 1872 and 1880, the Patrick Murphy House was an outstanding example of a late nineteenth-century Italianate residence. This one-story Italianate house was a variant of the L-front form, somewhat similar to “Hillside” in Holly Springs (093-HOL-0284-NRD). It had a richly-detailed bracketed Italianate gallery. The house was especially significant for Natchez, as buildings in the Italianate style constructed during this time were rare -- only the Admiral A.S. Merrill House at 311 S. Commerce Street compared. Its location on an eight-acre picturesque tract of land situated upon a high bluff afforded a spectacular view of the Mississippi River. It was destroyed by a fire in 1993. This house had been listed on the National Register on 9 April 1980. After it burned, it was removed from the National Register on 16 May 1997. |