Elms Court

Elms Court
Location 42 John R. Junkin Drive, Natchez, Mississippi
Coordinates 31°31′54.97″N 91°23′43.07″W / 31.5319361°N 91.3952972°W / 31.5319361; -91.3952972Coordinates: 31°31′54.97″N 91°23′43.07″W / 31.5319361°N 91.3952972°W / 31.5319361; -91.3952972
Area 163 acres (66 ha)
Built 1836 (1836)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 77000780[1]
Added to NRHP December 2, 1977

Elms Court is a historic mansion in Natchez, Mississippi, United States.

Location

It is located at 42 John R. Junkin Drive in Natchez, Mississippi.

History

The mansion was built in 1835-1836.[2][3] Galleries of lacy iron work said to have been brought from Belgium.[4] In 1852, Francis Surget (1784-1856) purchased it for his daughter Jane (Surget) Merrill (1829-1866) and her husband Ayres P. Merrill II (1826-1883).[3][5] After his death, the house was bequeathed to his daughter Jane.[5] It had eight house servants at the time.[3]

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 2, 1977 and may be unique among Natchez plantation houses in being owned by a supporter of the Union cause leading up to and during the Civil War.[6]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑
  3. 1 2 3 "SURGET FAMILY PAPERS, Mississippi Department of Archives and History". Mdah.state.ms.us. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Elmscourt, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi". Loc.gov. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  5. 1 2 William Kauffman Scarborough, Masters of the Big House: Elite Slaveholders of the Mid-nineteenth-century South, Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2006, p. 100
  6. ↑ "The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography". J.T. White. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018 – via Google Books.
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