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Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District is an historic district in Natchez, Mississippi that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.〔 Important sites within the district include:〔 *the location of Andrew Marschalk's printing office, where the first book printed in Mississippi was printed in 1799, *the first bank in Mississippi, *the site of American flag-raising, in 1798, by Andrew Ellicott near the House on Ellicott's Hill, and *the traditional location of the earliest Sunday school south of Philadelphia, conducted at a Methodist church. Architecturally, the district includes a set of Greek Revival works that are of national-level significance, and many other styles including Late Victorian architecture.〔 and (accompanying photos )〕 It has what is assessed to be the best Swiss Chalet Style work in Mississippi and it also has the best residential French Second Empire style work in Mississippi.〔 It includes National Historic Landmark-designated sites:〔 *House on Ellicott's Hill *Stanton Hall *Rosalie and other sites individually listed on the National Register: *King's Tavern *Winchester House (1835) *Williamsburg, NRHP-listed as John Bayton House *Prentiss Club (1904), 211 N. Pearl St., a yellow brick building in Second Renaissance Revival style, designed by New Orleans architects Soule and McDonald *Stratton Chapel of the First Presbyterian Church *First Presbyterian Church *Magnolia Hall, NRHP-listed as Henderson-Britton House. *The Elms, c.1805 *Green Leaves, 303 S. Rankin St, Greek Revival with Doric columns (photo 68) *Presbyterian Manse *William Johnson House (1841) Greek Revival *Choctaw (c.1835), NRHP-listed as Neibert-Fisk House A map delineating the area of the district, including a rectangle defined by Monroe, Pine, Orleans, and Broadway, but also a bit more is provided in its 1979 NRHP nomination document.〔See the (NRHP nomination document ) on page 93 of the PDF file. Note the outline is indicated by hand-drawing on top of a 1976 map, with term "Natchez Old Town Historic District" (perhaps a proposed or actual locally-designated historic district name); the outline drawn, however, is for this Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill district.〕 ==See also== There are several other NRHP-listed historic districts in Natchez: *Downriver Residential Historic District, adjacent on the south below Orleans St. *Natchez Bluffs and Under-the-Hill Historic District, adjacent to the river side *Upriver Residential District, adjacent on the north, above Monroe St. *Holy Family Catholic Church Historic District, adjacent, on the west *Clifton Heights Historic District, on the river side of the Upriver Residential District *Cemetery Bluff District *Woodlawn Historic District 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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