Claremont in Port Gibson, Mississippi is a historic

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-style -story house that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. It is a center hall plan house with a gallery to the rear. It is surrounded by live oak trees with Spanish moss. It was built in 1826 by Judge Joshua G. Clarke (d. 1828), who was the first judge appointed to the

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. It has been described as a "fine example of the late Federal style applied to a moderately sized country house". with Clarke's descendant J. Cavitt Clarke III wrote: "As a sign of his success, about 1826, Judge Clarke built Claremont, among the first of the larger homes near Port Gibson." (citing Ed Polk Douglas, ed., ''Architecture in Claiborne County, Mississippi: A Selective Guide'' (Jackson: Mississippi Dept. of Archives and History, 1974), page 72. )

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