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Natchez in Adams County, Mississippi — The American South (East South Central)
 

Perrault House

 
 
Perrault House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 10, 2024
1. Perrault House Marker
Inscription. This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Architecture. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1864.
 
Location. 31° 33.426′ N, 91° 23.938′ W. Marker is in Natchez, Mississippi, in Adams County. It is on Main Street 0.1 miles west of Orange Avenue, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 812 Main St, Natchez MS 39120, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Southwest Mississippi and in Natchez Trace Corridor. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate
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States of America, and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Beaumont House (within shouting distance of this marker); Winchester House (within shouting distance of this marker); This Cannon (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Views of St. Catherine Street - Western End (about 800 feet away); Zion Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church (about 800 feet away); Churches in the St. Catherine Street Neighborhood (about 800 feet away); Intersection of Washington and South Martin Luther King streets (approx. 0.2 miles away); Hospital Hill Neighborhood (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Natchez.
 
Regarding Perrault House. Excerpt from the National Register nomination for the Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District, which includes Perrault House:
Important two-story five-bay brick residence with hipped roof, segmental window heads, bracketed cornice, and double-tiered pedimented porch. 1864-86, ca. 1883.

 
Also see . . .  Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District (PDF). National Register nomination
Perrault House Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane and Tracy Marsteller, March 10, 2024
2. Perrault House Marker
for the district, which was listed in 1979. (Prepared by Mary Warren Miller, Historic Natchez Foundation; via Mississippi Department of Archives and History) (Submitted on March 29, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.) 
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 29, 2024. It was originally submitted on March 29, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 612 times since then and 74 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on March 29, 2024, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
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