The Laurel Hill Plantation in Jefferson County, Mississippi near Rodney, Mississippi was a historic plantation. It is located about two miles southeast of Rodney, in a bend of the Mississippi River named " Petit Gulf". [1] It is significant for the architecture of its main plantation house and for the development of Petit Gulf cotton, a cotton hybrid, on its property.
The plantation house was built around 1815 for Dr Rush Nutt, a scientist and agriculturalist. [2] Later, it was inherited by his son, Haller Nutt (1816-1864). Rush Nutt developed the cotton hybrid, and was also the first to use steam engine power in operating cotton gins. [2]
It was studied by the Historic American Buildings Survey. [3] [4] [2]
The property is not listed on the National Register of Historic Places, although the National Register's NRIS database shows an entry related to it on January 29, 1983. [5] This may have been a determination of eligibility or a delisting or some other event other than a listing. And the HABS overview page about it states "The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 1973." [2] Further, and perhaps confusingly, another Mississippi plantation of the same name in Adams County is National Register-listed.
References
- ^ Johnson, Walter (2013). River of Dark Dreams. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-04555-2.
- ^ a b c d Library of Congress: Laurel Hill Plantation House, Rodney & Red Licks Roads, Rodney, Jefferson County, MS
- ^ "Historic American Buildings Survey: Laurel Hill Plantation House, Rodney & Red Licks Roads, Rodney, Jefferson County, MS". Library of Congress.
- ^ Library of Congress: View from north - Laurel Hill Plantation House, Rodney & Red Licks Roads, Rodney, Jefferson County, MS
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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