Claremont (Port Gibson, Mississippi)

Claremont in Port Gibson, Mississippi is a historic Federal-style ​1 1⁄2-story house that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1][2]

Claremont
Location366 Claremont Dr., Port Gibson, Mississippi
Coordinates31°56′59″N 90°59′33″W
Built1826
Built byJoshua G. Clarke
Architectural styleFederal
MPSPort Gibson MRA
NRHP reference No.79003418[1]
Added to NRHPJuly 22, 1979

It is a center hall plan house with a gallery to the rear. It is surrounded by live oak trees with Spanish moss.[2]

It was built in 1826 by Judge Joshua G. Clarke (d. 1828), who was the first judge appointed to the Mississippi Supreme Court.[2]

It has been described as a "fine example of the late Federal style applied to a moderately sized country house".[2]

Clarke's descendant J. Cavitt Clarke III wrote: "As a sign of his success, about 1826, Judge Clarke built Claremont, among the first of the larger homes near Port Gibson." (citing Ed Polk Douglas, ed., Architecture in Claiborne County, Mississippi: A Selective Guide (Jackson: Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History, 1974), page 72. )[3]:1

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Jack A. Gold (January 1979). "State of Mississippi Historic Sites Survey: Claremont". National Park Service. Retrieved October 5, 2016. with three photos from 1979
  3. J. Cavitt Clarke III (May 2013). "The Life of Joshua G. Clarke: Mississippi's First Chancellor" (PDF). Journal of the Florida Conference of Historians. 20: 1-10.


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