Property

Location Information
(for the "Pleasant Hill")

Name:

"Pleasant Hill"

Address:

310 Pearl Street, South

City/County:

Natchez, Adams County

Architectural Information

Construction Date:

c.1835

Architectural Styles(s):

Greek Revival

No. of Stories:

1.5

Registration Information

NR Listing Date:

28 Mar 1979

NR District Name:

Natchez-On-Top-of-the-Hill (1979)

NR Status:

Contributing

Element No.:

411

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Local Designation Information

Local District Name:

Natchez Historic District

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Context/Comments

An excellent example of an early Greek Revival city residence of the 1830s. Well-designed and executed, the house features a distinctive open staircase that begins in a straight run and terminates in a spiral. The structure was built for John Henderson, prosperous merchant and one of the most distinguished early citizens of Natchez.

This building was individually listed on the National Register on 28 March 1979, and it was later included as element #411 in the Natchez-on-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 17 September 1979.

It is included in "Old Homes of Mississippi, Volume I: Natchez and the South" (1977) (pp. 60-61), "The Great Houses of Natchez" (1986) (p. 90), the "Natchez Walking Guide" (1985) (#62), and "Louisiana Architecture 1840-1860" (2006) (p. 121).