Property

Location Information
(for the Christian Schwartz House)

Name:

Christian Schwartz House ["Glen Auburn"]

Address:

300 Commerce Street, South

City/County:

Natchez, Adams County

Architectural Information

Construction Date:

1875

Architectural Styles(s):

Second Empire

No. of Stories:

2.5

Registration Information

NR District Name:

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

NR Status:

Contributing

Element No.:

Local Designation Information

Local District Name:

Natchez Historic District

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Context/Comments

Built in 1873, the Christian Schwartz House is the finest Second Empire Style residence in Mississippi.

It is listed as a contributing element (element #98) in the Natchez-On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District, which was placed on the National Register on 17 September 1979.

This house is included in "Natchez Walking Guide" (#63, p.50), "Classic Natchez" (1996) (pp. 40, 150-151), "Natchez: Houses and History …" (2003) (pp. 196-199), "Victorian Houses of Mississippi" (2005) (p. 118), and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (p.33, ND23).