Location Information
(for the Jackson, Wharlest and Exlerna, House)
Name:Jackson, Wharlest and Exlerna, House
Address:13 Mathews Street
City/County:Natchez, Adams County
Architectural Information
Construction Date:c.1952
No. of Stories:1
Registration Information
NR Listing Date:05 Jun 2017
NR District Name:Woodlawn (1995)
    NR Status:Contributing
    Element No.:289
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Context/Comments
The Wharlest and Exerlena Jackson House is historically significant as the home of Wharlest Jackson, Sr., a leader in the Civil Rights movement in Natchez in the 1960s, who was assassinated by car bomb in 1967. His murder remains unsolved.

This house was listed as element #289 in the Woodlawn District, which was placed on the National Register on 7 November 1995. It was later individually listed on the National Register on 5 June 2017 for its importance in the history of th Civil Rights movement in Mississippi.