Property

Location Information
(for the "Myrtle Bank")

Name:

"Myrtle Bank"

Address:

408 Pearl Street, North

City/County:

Natchez, Adams County

Architectural Information

Construction Date:

c.1835

Architectural Styles(s):

Greek Revival, Italianate

No. of Stories:

1.5

Remodeling Date:

1855-75

Registration Information

NR Listing Date:

22 Dec 1978

NR District Name:

Natchez-On-Top-of-the-Hill (1979)

NR Status:

Contributing

Element No.:

395

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Local Designation Information

Local District Name:

Natchez Historic District

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Context/Comments

A blend of Greek Revival and Italianate styles, Myrtle Bank is named for the high ridge on which it stands. The house site is part of an original Spanish land grant surveyed by Sir William Dunbar and awarded to George Overaker in 1795 for the purpose of building a house thereon. It was reputedly the site of U.S. surveyor Andrew Ellicott's encampment in 1797.

This building was individually listed on the National Register on 22 December 1978, and it was later included as element #395 in the Natchez-on-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 17 September 1979.

It is included in "The Great Houses of Natchez" (p. 83), the "Natchez Walking Guide" (1985) (#18); and "Natchez: Houses and History …" (2003) (pp. 214-215).