| Built for George Hampton Young, an influential planter and local politician. The two-story, wing pavilion house still contains much of its original decorations, including balusters, mantels, and chandeliers. The building housed Confederate officers, including Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, and was the site of the organization of the first national fox hunting association. Waverley was restored in the 1960s after a long period of abandonment by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Snow, who were awarded the Certification of Merit by the American Association for State and Local History for their authentic restoration. Waverley was listed on the National Register on 20 September 1973, with 37 acres of land, and was designated a National Historic Landmark on 30 May 1974. This house is included in "White Pillars" (1941) (pp. 92-94), "Historic Architecture in Mississippi" (1973) (pp. 130-134), "Old Homes of Mississippi, Volume II: Columbus and the North" (1977) (pp. 39-40), "Architecture of the Old South: Mississippi – Alabama" (1989) (pp. 106, 108-109, 113), "Reflections: Homes and History of Columbus, Mississippi" (2001) (pp. 94-97), "Great Houses of Mississippi" (2004) (pp. 120-124), "The Majesty of Eastern Mississippi and the Coast" (2004) (pp. 20-22), "Southern Splendor: Saving Architectural Treasures of the Old South" (2018) (pp. 76-83), and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (pp. 179-180, PR14). [HABS: MS-87 (1936/1975)] |