Downriver Residential Historic District


Downriver Residential Historic District
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. Historic district
A Greek Revival style house in the district
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Location	Roughly bounded by S. Canal St., Orleans St., the Illinois Central Gulf RR tracks, and bayou between Union and Rankin Sts., Natchez, Mississippi
Coordinates	31°33′18″N 91°24′25″W / 31.55500°N 91.40694°W / 31.55500; -91.40694Coordinates: 31°33′18″N 91°24′25″W / 31.55500°N 91.40694°W / 31.55500; -91.40694
Area	57 acres (23 ha)
Architect	Bost, Robert; Neibert and Gemmell; et al.
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Italianate, etc.
NRHP Reference #	99000385^[1]
Added to NRHP	March 25, 1999

The Downriver Residential Historic District is a 57-acre (23 ha) historic district in Natchez, Mississippi that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1999. The listing included 96 contributing buildings, 57 non-contributing ones, one contributing structure (railroad) and one non-contributing one (oil storage tanks).^[2]

It includes Greek Revival, Italianate, Stick/Eastlake, Queen Anne, Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, and Post-Modern architecture.^[2] The district includes six already-NRHP-listed properties, including:^[2]

Ravenna
Charles Patterson House (1898), at 506 Union Street, South, designed and built by Robert Bost
Ravennaside (c.1900), at 601 Union Street, South
Ravennaside outbuilding, at 601 Union Street, South.
another Ravennaside outbuilding, at 601 Union Street, South.

The district was the eighth historic district in Natchez to be NRHP-nominated, and the seventh nominated by the Historic Natchez Foundation. Primarily residential, it had lower priority for historic preservation as it was less immediately threatened by commercial development.^[2]

References

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
1 2 3 4 Mary W. (Mimi) Miller (August 15, 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Downriver Residential Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. and accompanying 47 photos

External links

More photos of the Downriver Residential Historic District at Wikimedia Commons

U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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