James Hardie (died 1889) was an American architect of

Natchez, Mississippi Natchez ( ) is the only city in and the county seat of Adams County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 14,520 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located on the Mississippi River across from Vidalia, Louisiana, Natchez was ...

. Several of his works are listed on the U.S.

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

. Hardie was an immigrant from

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. He and two brothers, all carpenters, moved to Natchez in the 1830s. Natchez_On-Top-of-the-Hill_Historic_District-464

He designed St. Mary's Cathedral, in Natchez, which is listed on the National Register within the

Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District is a Historic districts in the United States, historic district in Natchez, Mississippi that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. History Architecturally, the district ...

. The

Gothic Revival Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an Architectural style, architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half ...

brick cathedral's construction began in 1842 and it was dedicated in 1843. Works include: * D'Evereux (1836), Natchez, a

Greek Revival Greek Revival architecture is a architectural style, style that began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe, the United States, and Canada, ...

house *

Choctaw The Choctaw ( ) people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States, originally based in what is now Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choct ...

(1836), also known as

Neibert-Fisk House The Neibert-Fisk House, also known as Choctaw, is a historic mansion built in 1836 and located within the Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places f ...

, 310 N. Wall St., Natchez, a Greek Revival house with NRHP-listed *Chapel at Laurel Hill Plantation, S of Natchez off US 61, Natchez, Mississippi. The chapel was the first Gothic Revival building in Mississippi. Hardie also did repairs/renovations at Laurel Hill, in his old age. Laurel Hill is NRHP-listed * Homewood (1852) * Shadyside, 107 Shadyside St., Natchez, Mississippi, NRHP-listed

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1889 deaths 19th-century American architects Scottish emigrants to the United States People from Natchez, Mississippi Architects from Mississippi Place of birth missing Year of birth missing {{Scotland-artist-stub