Fair Oaks | |
Nearest city | Natchez, Mississippi |
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Area | 11.4 acres (4.6 ha) |
Built | 1822 |
NRHP reference No. | 76001084 [1] |
Added to NRHP | November 13, 1976 |
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]
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]
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 13, 1976. [3]