Cotesworth is a historic mansion in

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, United States.

Location

The mansion is located on Old Grenada Road in North Carrollton,

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History

The mansion was built as an inn in the 1840s.Visit Mississippi: Cotesworth
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Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 2007, pp. 83-86 In 1847, it was acquired by local lawyer and future United States Senator James Zachariah George, who turned it into a Greek Revival mansion. He named it after Cotesworth P. Smith. Timothy B. Smith, "James Z. George: Mississippi's Great Commoner," University Press of Mississippi, 2012, chapter four. Two decades after the end of the

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, Senator George built "a free-standing hexagonal library" on the grounds. The mansion remained in the ownership of Senator George's family until 2013. In that year, Katharine Saunders Williams, his great-great-granddaughter, made a generous donation of the property to create the Cotesworth Culture and Heritage Center. This donation allowed for the establishment of a center dedicated to preserving and promoting the cultural and historical heritage associated with Cotesworth Mansion.

Heritage significance

It has been listed on the

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since June 9, 1978.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi Houses in Carroll County, Mississippi Greek Revival houses in Mississippi Houses completed in 1847 1847 establishments in Mississippi National Register of Historic Places in Carroll County, Mississippi {{Mississippi-struct-stub