| Built in 1877, the Captain Jack C. Hardy House is an excellent example of a well-preserved Italianate town villa. Characteristics of the style are reflected in bracketed cornices, arched window openings, hipped roof, and semi-octagonal bays. The interior retains its ornate plaster moldings, ceiling medallions and mantelpieces. Hardy married Ellen Hooker, whose extended family resided in the home. Ellen’s niece, Lulah Ragsdale, became one of Mississippi’s first female authors. The house was listed on the National Register on 1 February 2007. Its nomination was written by Nancy Bell, executive director of the Vicksburg Foundation for Historic Preservation. It is included in "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p. 293, in the listing for the South Jackson Street Residential Neighborhood, SC13). |