| One of the most complete and well-preserved residences from Vicksburg's antebellum period, this house is a brick Greek Revival townhouse with later bracketed Italianate double gallery with “pierced columns.” Planter John H. Bobb, who owned the property from 1844, was the first Vicksburg civilian killed as a result of tensions arising between residents and occupying black Union forces.The house consists of two distinct periods: the rear ell dates to c.1836 and features a conservative Federal vernacular style, while the larger two-story wing was apparently built after a devastating fire documented in a Dec. 6, 1849 newspaper article and features a much grander Italianate style. It was listed on the National Register on 8 January 1978. The house was proposed for inclusion in the Harrison Street Historic District, which was nominated to the National Register in 1989 but not listed. This house is included in "Shrines to Yesterday" (1968), "Historic Architecture in Mississippi" (1973) (p. 69), "Old Homes of Mississippi, Volume I: Natchez and the South" (1977, 1979) (pp. 93-94), "Mississippi Valley Architecture" (1984) (pp. 74-75), and "The Majesty of the Mississippi Delta" (2002) (pp. 31-33). (Vicksburg Pierced Column Survey #30) |