| Built for John Alexander Klein in 1840, Cedar Grove is a good example of Greek Revival domestic design. The house, located on a terrace overlooking the Mississippi River, is a five-bay, brick structure with three-bay porticoes on the east and west elevations. Its original four-over-four form was expanded with later side wings. Among its notable features is the original landscape design complete with terracotta statuary, cast iron gazebo, brick walks, and fountains fed from an elevated cistern. This house was listed on the National Register on 19 July 1976, from a nomination prepared by MDAH architectural historian William C. Allen. It is included in "A Guide to Early American Homes – South" (1956) (as Podesta-Klein House, pp. 135-136), "Shrines to Yesterday" (1968), "Historic Architecture in Mississippi" (1973) (pp. 67-69), "Old Homes of Mississippi, Volume I: Natchez and the South" (1977, 1979) (pp. 88-89), "Musing through Towns in Mississippi" (1999) (p. 74), "Vicksburg (Images of America)" (1999) (p. 26), "The Majesty of the Mississippi Delta" (2002) (pp. 18-19), "Great Houses of Mississippi" (2004) (pp. 31-33), and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p.80, YB23). [HABS: MS-129 (1936)] |