Hope Farm (Natchez, Mississippi)

Hope Farm
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	147 Homochitto Street, Natchez, Mississippi
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	1792
Architectural style	Greek Revival, Colonial, Spanish Colonial
NRHP Reference #	75001037[1]
Added to NRHP	August 22, 1975

Hope Farm is a historic house in Natchez, Mississippi, USA.

History

The house was built by Carlos de Grand Pré from 1780 to 1792.^[2]

In 1926, it was purchased by J. Balfour Miller and his wife, Katherine Grafton Miller,^[2] who founded the Natchez Pilgrimage and promoted Natchez as the epitome of the Old South.^[3][4]

Heritage significance

The house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 22, 1975.^[5]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Hope Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
3. Hoelscher, Steven (September 2003). "Making Place, Making Race: Performances of Whiteness in the Jim Crow South". Annals of the Association of American Geographers. 93 (3): 665. JSTOR 1515502. (registration required (help)).
4. Browning, Norma Lee (March 4, 1951). "Quaint Old Natchez. Pre-Civil War Glories Live Again Thru Woman's Dreams". Chicago Sunday Tribune. p. 6. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
5. "Hope Farm". National Park Service. Retrieved June 21, 2016.