Shadyside is a historic house in

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 ...

, U.S.

History

The house was built on land from the Concord Plantation. with Ralph North, a Jefferson College alumnus, judge and slaveholder, purchased 14 acres in 1849 and built the house in 1850. It was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style probably by James Hardie (architect). Two years after the end of the

American Civil War The American Civil War (April 12, 1861May 26, 1865; also known by Names of the American Civil War, other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union (American Civil War), Union ("the North") and the Confederate States of A ...

in 1867, it was acquired by Osborne K. Field. It was purchased by Thomas Junkin in 1890. In 1971, it was acquired by Thomas McNeely. The house has been listed on the

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since March 29, 1979.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi Greek Revival architecture in Mississippi Houses completed in 1850 Houses in Natchez, Mississippi Antebellum architecture {{Mississippi-NRHP-stub