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Fernwood Lumber Company had its beginning in the 1870s when John Fletcher Enochs and his son, Isaac Columbus Enochs, started a lumber business near Crystal Springs in Copiah County, Mississippi. [1] Between 1880 and 1920, Fernwood Lumber Company became one of the largest lumber operations in south Mississippi with investments in timberland ...
The Woodlawn Historic District in Natchez, Mississippi is a 97-acre (39 ha) historic district that was listed on the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1995. The listing included 360 contributing buildings. [1]
It was home of Roane Fleming Byrnes (1890-1970), who was active in historic preservation and race relations and is also known for her promotion of the Natchez Trace Parkway. [2] Ravennaside has been listed as having been built in c.1900. [3] Ravennaside's address has been given as 601 South Union Street. [3]
The Clifton Heights Historic District is a 26-acre (11 ha) historic district in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. It then included 41 contributing buildings. [1] In 1888, the neighborhood started as a subdivision, one of the first in Natchez by the Clifton Heights Improvement Corporation.
Architect Edward Vance said the casino's weathered wood exterior was originally inspired by historic lumber mills, [5] and later modifications were modeled on photographs of carriage houses. [ 6 ] In October 2015, Isle of Capri Casinos closed its Natchez casino, and sold its hotel and other non-gaming assets to Magnolia Bluffs for $11.5 million.
Glen Auburn (c. 1875), 300 S Commerce Street; built by Christian Schwartz, described as "probably the most outstanding of the post-Civil War houses" in the district and as "the best example of the Second Empire style in the state of Mississippi." [2] St. Mary's Cathedral (1882), 107 S. Union Street; also known as St. Mary Basilica
L.N. Dantzler Lumber Company sawmill at Moss Point, Mississippi (1909), courtesy of Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries The sawmill's Moss Point location was well situated for receiving logs that were rafted down the Pascagoula and Escatawpa Rivers and their tributaries.
9 Elm St., Natchez, Mississippi: Coordinates Area: 7 acres (2.8 ha) Built: 1793 ... It is located at number 9 on Elm Street in Natchez, Mississippi. History