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for architecture since January 22, 1979; and is listed as a pivotal building within the Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District. and

History

The land belonged to Sir

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in the early 19th century. with In 1826, it was inherited by one of his sons, Archibald Dunbar. The mansion was built for Joseph Neibert, a real estate speculator, in 1836. It was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style. It is believed to have been designed and built by carpenter

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, but Neibert may have further added to the design. It was purchased by Alvarez Fisk, a merchant and philanthropist, in 1844. Fisk was active in the Mississippi Colonization Society, which relocated free black people to Africa prior to the

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of 1861–1865. After Fisk's death, the house was donated for the formation of the Natchez Institute in 1854, the first public school which was segregated. By 1855, the mansion was purchased by George Malin Davis, an attorney. From 1915 to 1919, it was home to Stanton College, a women's college. By 1937, it was purchased by the City of Natchez, and restored. A fire damaged the first floor in 1978, but it was subsequently restored again.

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Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi Neoclassical architecture in Mississippi Houses completed in 1836 Houses in Natchez, Mississippi Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in Mississippi National Register of Historic Places in Natchez, Mississippi {{Mississippi-NRHP-stub