I. T. Montgomery House

I. T. Montgomery House

I. T. Montgomery House
Location West Main Street, Mound Bayou, Mississippi
Coordinates 33°52′37.25″N 90°43′43.6″W / 33.8770139°N 90.728778°W / 33.8770139; -90.728778Coordinates: 33°52′37.25″N 90°43′43.6″W / 33.8770139°N 90.728778°W / 33.8770139; -90.728778
Built 1910
NRHP Reference # 76001092
USMS # 011-MBU-0001-NHL-ML
Significant dates
Added to NRHP May 11, 1976[1]
Designated NHL May 11, 1976[2]
Designated USMS August 13, 2003[3]

I. T. Montgomery House in West Main Street, Mound Bayou, Mississippi, United States, was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976[2][4] and a Mississippi Landmark in 2003.[3] It was the home of Isaiah Thornton Montgomery, (21 May 1847 - 5 March 1924), a former slave, who with his cousin Benjamin Green founded Mound Bayou in 1887. Montgomery lived in the home from 1910 to 1924.

References

  1. National Park Service (2007-01-23). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 "I. T. Montgomery House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved 2007-10-22.
  3. 1 2 "Mississippi Landmarks" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Archives and History. May 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
  4. Lynne Gomez Graves (October 30, 1975). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: I. T. Montgomery House" (pdf). National Park Service. and Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1974 and undated. (981 KB)


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/25/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.