Английская Википедия:Fair Oaks (Natchez, Mississippi)

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Шаблон:Infobox NRHP Fair Oaks is a historic house in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. For at least a decade, it was the main residence and headquarters of a plantation, a forced-labor farm worked by enslaved people.[1]

History

The land belonged to Sir William Dunbar in the early 19th century; Dunbar had established a larger plantation called The Forest.[1] The house, known as Greek Oak, was built in 1822 for his son-in-law, Henry W. Huntington and his daughter, Helen Dunbar.[1]

By 1836, the house was purchased by John Hutchins, who renamed it Woodbourne.[1] Two decades later, in 1856, it was purchased by Dr. Orrick Metcalfe, an alumnus of Yale College and trustee of Jefferson College.[1] The property came with 100 acres, livestock and enslaved people from Africa.[1] Metcalfe who renamed it Fair Oaks and ran it as a cotton plantation.[1] By 1963, it was purchased by his great-grandson, Bazile R. Lanneau.[1]

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 13, 1976.[2]

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