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]
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| Location | 366 Claremont Dr., Port Gibson, Mississippi |
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| Coordinates | 31°56′59″N 90°59′33″W |
| Built | 1826 |
| Built by | Joshua G. Clarke |
| Architectural style | Federal |
| MPS | Port Gibson MRA |
| NRHP reference No. | 79003418[1] |
| Added to NRHP | July 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
- "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
- Jack A. Gold (January 1979). "State of Mississippi Historic Sites Survey: Claremont". National Park Service. Retrieved October 5, 2016. with three photos from 1979
- 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 28, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
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