Myrtle Bank (Natchez, Mississippi)

Myrtle Bank
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	408 N. Pearl St., Natchez, Mississippi
Coordinates	31°33′48″N 91°24′2″W / 31.56333°N 91.40056°WCoordinates: 31°33′48″N 91°24′2″W / 31.56333°N 91.40056°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1816
Architectural style	Mixed (more Than 2 Styles From Different Periods)
NRHP Reference #	78001583[1]
Added to NRHP	December 22, 1978

Myrtle Bank is a historic house in Natchez, Mississippi, USA.

History

The land was surveyed by Sir William Dunbar in the 18th century.^[2] It was granted to George Overarker, a planter, in 1795.^[2] Overarker, who also owned Hawthorne Place and Hope Farm, built Myrtle Bank prior to 1818.^[2]

By 1835, Alfred Cochran and his wife Eliza, who was William Dunbar's great-granddaughter, purchased the house.^[2] Two decades later, in 1856, it was purchased by Benjamin Wade, a planter.^[2] Wade leased it to The Natchez Young Ladies Institute, a girl's boarding school, until the outset of the American Civil War in 1861.^[2] The house remained in the Wade family until the 1870s.^[2]

The house was restored by a new owner in 1957.^[2]

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 22, 1978.^[3]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Myrtle Bank". National Park Service. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
3. "Myrtle Bank". National Park Service.