Upriver Residential District

The Upriver Residential District is a 145-acre (59 ha) historic district in Natchez, Mississippi that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1983. It includes Colonial Revival, Late Victorian, Queen Anne, and other architecture, and has significance dating to 1790. It includes 389 contributing buildings.[1][2] Its border was defined, on the south and west, by the borders of the already-NRHP-listed Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District (essentially Monroe Street) and the Downriver Residential Historic District.[2]

Upriver Residential District
LocationRoughly bounded by Pine, Monroe, Elm-Bishop, and Ridge-Maple Sts., Natchez, Mississippi
Coordinates31°34′00″N 91°23′49″W
Area145 acres (59 ha)
Built1790
ArchitectMultiple
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Late Victorian, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.83004371[1]
Added to NRHPDecember 1, 1983

It includes the John Dicks House, which is believed to be the only work of McKim, Mead, and White in Mississippi and "one of the most outstanding Colonial Revival buildings in the state."[2]:3

See also

There are several other NRHP-listed historic districts in Natchez:

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. Mary Warren Miller (July 31, 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Upriver Residential District". National Park Service. and accompanying 56 photos


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