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Month: April 2018

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Jacinto Courthouse (1854)

by Phillip Knecht
Posted on April 9, 2018

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Besides the Holly Springs Pilgrimage, another great event occurring in Holly Springs this weekend is the Behind the Big House Tour. “Behind the Big House” returns for its seventh year, April 20 through 22nd, at the historic Hugh Craft House and adjacent slave quarters and kitchen. This FREE event will offer visitors the complete antebellum story, with local and nationally-famous artisans, authors, historians and historic interpreters present throughout the weekend. Joining us again this year will be noted author and culinary historian, Michael Twitty (author of the Cooking Gene), who will be conducting his antebellum cooking demonstrations, and Joseph McGill, founder of the Slave Dwelling Project, who will be discussing the lives of the enslaved people who would have lived and worked on this site. Also joining us will be Dr. Carolyn Freiwald, of the University of Mississippi Department of Sociology and Anthropology, who will be conducting an active excavation at the slave quarters. For much more information on the Behind the Big House program and our events, visit here: http://preservemarshallcounty.org/behind-the-big-house/ #hillcountryhistory #hollysprings #hollyspringsms #mississippi #mississippiinhdr #hdr #mississippihouses #mshousestories #architecture #archilovers #architecturephotography #architectureporn #archi_ologie #historicbuilding #historicpreservation #houseportrait #oldhouse #oldhouses #oldhouselove #behindthebighouse #slavedwellingproject #slavedwelling #josephmcgill #michaeltwitty

Walthall Place was built in 1848 by Barrett Walthall, an early settler from Virginia. Barrett’s son Edward Walthall was raised in this house. Edward Walthall would go on to earn the rank of General during the Civil War, and afterwards represented Mississippi in the United States Senate. Edward’s funeral in Hill Crest Cemetery in 1898 was supposedly the largest funeral ever held in town. Edward Walthall’s great-niece, Kate Freeman Clark, was raised in this house and lived here until she left for New York City, where she began her celebrated career as an artist. In later years, Kate returned to Holly Springs and lived in the house for many decades. After her death in 1957, Kate Freeman Clark willed the house and all of her artwork to Holly Springs. Today, the Kate Freeman Clark art gallery is next door to the Walthall House, which continues to be owned by the art gallery. Walthall Place is one of the houses on the 2018 Holly Springs Pilgrimage House tour. #hillcountryhistory #hollysprings #hollyspringsms #mississippi #mississippiinhdr #hdr #mississippihouses #mshousestories #architecture #archilovers #architecturephotography #architectureporn #archi_ologie #historicbuilding #historicpreservation #houseportrait #oldhouse #oldhouses #oldhouselove #hollyspringspilgrimage #pilgrimage #hollyspringsgardenclub #katefreemanclark

The Wynne House is an Italianate house built by noted architect G. A. Palm, who also built two other Italianate structures in town. For many years in the 20th century the house was owned by local doctor T. Carey Wynne. Since 2008 the home has been owned by Stephen and Suzette Woodgate, who have turned the house into the Wynne House Inn. Architectural elements of the house include a gable-front ell, tent-roof bay window, and amazing heavy cornice brackets, which are one of the hallmarks of the Italianate style. The Wynne House Inn was on the 2018 Holly Springs Pilgrimage House tour. #hillcountryhistory #hollysprings #hollyspringsms #mississippi #mississippiinhdr #hdr #mississippihouses #mshousestories #architecture #archilovers #architecturephotography #architectureporn #archi_ologie #historicbuilding #historicpreservation #houseportrait #oldhouse #oldhouses #oldhouselove #italianate #hollyspringspilgrimage #pilgrimage #hollyspringsgardenclub

Cuffawa was built in 1838 by Charles Niles, an early merchant at the original Holly Springs settlement. The original dog-trot log cabin can still be seen inside the house. It was owned by Joseph Mattison from 1858 until 1871. Mattison was born in New York City, raised in Alabama and spent most of the rest of his life in Holly Springs. The Dean family, who later intermarried with the Marbury family, owned the house from 1871 until 1984. It has been owned by Dianne Greer since 1984. Cuffawa was one of the houses showcased during the 2018 Holly Springs Pilgrimage. #hillcountryhistory #hollysprings #mississippi #mississippiinhdr #hdr #mississippihouses #mshousestories #architecture #archilovers #architecturephotography #architectureporn #archi_ologie #historicbuilding #historicpreservation #houseportrait #oldhouse #oldhouses #hollyspringspilgrimage #pilgrimage #hollyspringsgardenclub

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