| Situated on a picturesque site overlooking the confluence of the Pascagoula and Escatawpa Rivers, the Griffin House is one of the more architecturally and historically significant buildings in Jackson County. Constructed about the time of the Civil War, the house is a good example of late Greek Revival architecture with Italianate influence and is one of the few surviving mid-nineteenth-century residences in the area. The house exhibits a regionally typical floor plan that features "cabinet" rooms at either end of a rear recessed gallery. The house gains historical significance from its long history of family ownership and from its association with the Griffin and Dantzler families, pioneers in the lumber industry of Mississippi. This house was listed on the National Register on 7 July 1983, from a nomination prepared by consultant Mary Warren "Mimi" Miller. |