| "Oakland" (the Railey House) is a picturesque, rambling planter's cottage constructed in the Federal style with later significant Greek Revival additions and embellishments. Its significance is primarily architectural, although it also makes an important contribution to the study of black history due to its association in the pre-Civil War period and from 1891 to 1955 with the remarkable Mazique family, who first came to the Natchez area as slaves and, by the late nineteenth century, had formed a black planting dynasty in southwest Adams County. --from NR nomination This is one of two properties in the Natchez area that have the name "Oakland." (The other is "Oakland" at 9 Oakhurst Drive in Natchez, 001-NAT-4020-NR.) This house was listed on the National Register on 29 January 1989, with 360 acres of land. It is included in "Classic Natchez" (1996) (pp. 24, 82-83). |