Fair Oaks (Natchez, Mississippi)

Fair Oaks is a historic house in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. For at least a decade, it was the main residence and headquarters of a plantation, a forced-labor farm worked by enslaved people.[2]

Fair Oaks
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Natchez, Mississippi
Area	11.4 acres (4.6 ha)
Built	1822
NRHP reference No.	76001084[1]
Added to NRHP	November 13, 1976

History

The land belonged to Sir William Dunbar in the early 19th century; Dunbar had established a larger plantation called The Forest.[2] The house, known as Greek Oak, was built in 1822 for his son-in-law, Henry W. Huntington and his daughter, Helen Dunbar.[2]

By 1836, the house was purchased by John Hutchins, who renamed it Woodbourne.[2] Two decades later, in 1856, it was purchased by Dr. Orrick Metcalfe, an alumnus of Yale College and trustee of Jefferson College.[2] The property came with 100 acres, livestock and enslaved people from Africa.[2] Metcalfe who renamed it Fair Oaks and ran it as a cotton plantation.[2] By 1963, it was purchased by his great-grandson, Bazile R. Lanneau.[2]

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 13, 1976.[3]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Fair Oaks". National Park Service. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
3. "Fair Oaks". National Park Service. Retrieved June 21, 2016.