Cedar Grove Place

Cedar Grove Place
Location MS 553, Church Hill, Mississippi
Area 120 acres (49 ha)
Built 1830 (1830)
Architectural style Greek Revival, Federal
NRHP reference # 79001317[1]
Added to NRHP March 28, 1979

Cedar Grove Place (also known as The Cedars) is a historic building in Church Hill, Jefferson County, Mississippi.[2][3][4]

Overview

This property has had many owners.

  • Cedar Grove Place was created by James G. Wood for his daughter Maria Louisa Wood and her husband Thomas Elam as a 120-acre farm and residence with the same name.[3][5] The 120 acre tract was previously part of the 1,087-acre Plains Plantation owned by Joseph Dunbar.[3]
  • Benjamin Bevin reunited Cedar Grove Place with Plains Plantation.[3] In 1854 he purchased Plains Plantation from David Hunt, and in 1858 he purchased Cedar Grove Place from the Elam family.[3][5] In 1860 Mr. Beavin owned 84 slaves in Jefferson County.[6]
  • Adaline Balch bought the 120 acre Cedar Grove Place in 1873 after Mr. Bevin died.[3]
  • In 1938 it was purchased by Josephine Balfour Payne, who wrote children's stories, and her husband Earl Payne from Jeannie L. Bisland.[3]
  • Jane A. Warren purchased the property in 1972.[3]
  • It was bought by actor George Hamilton in 1978.[3]
  • A Hare Krishna commune occupied the property after George Hamilton.[3]

The residence on the property began in about 1830 as a farmhouse and was greatly expanded during Mr. Bevin's ownership.[3] The architectural style is at once Greek Revival and Federal.[2][7]

Cedar Grove Place has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 28, 1979.[4]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 National Register of Historic Places
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form
  4. 1 2 Nancy Capace, Encyclopedia of Mississippi, North American Book Distribution, 2001, p. 498
  5. 1 2 Miller, Mary. "Church Hill Rural Historic District". National Register of Historic Places Registration Form. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Blake, Tom. "Jefferson County, Mississippi". LARGEST SLAVEHOLDERS FROM 1860 SLAVE CENSUS SCHEDULES. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  7. ↑ Patti Carr Black, Art in Mississippi, 1720–1980, Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1998, p. 58

Coordinates: 31°42′47″N 91°14′18″W / 31.712963°N 91.238366°W / 31.712963; -91.238366


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