| A two-story, hip-roofed, stuccoed brick house with a three-bay Ionic tetrastyle portico, the Henderson-Britton House is an unusually large and well-designed example of Greek Revival architecture. Whereas most of the monumental antebellum homes in Natchez are located on suburban estates, this residence is one of the three major Greek Revival mansions, and one of only four antebellum mansions, located in the center of town. The completion of the house on the eve of the Civil War marked the end of the vigorous growth that characterized Natchez during the period between 1830 and 1861. The structure is also significant as the home of Thomas Henderson, a locally important cotton commission merchant, and later of the Brittons, a prominent banking family of the nineteenth century. This building was individually listed on the National Register on 9 June 1978, and it was later included as element #408 in the Natchez-on-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 17 September 1979. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark, upon owner resolution, on 9 May 1995. It received an HPF grant of $40,000 in 1978 and a grant of $209,707 for restoration in 2015 (CHPG-11). It is included "The Great Houses of Natchez" (p. 69), the "Natchez Walking Guide" (#61), "Classic Natchez" (1996) (pp. 34-35, 136-137), "Architecture of the Old South: Mississippi - Alabama" (1989), "Natchez: Houses and History …" (2003) (pp. 176-179), "Louisiana Architecture 1840-1860" (2006) (pp. 408-410), and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (pp.32-33). |