Cottage Gardens is a historic house in

Natchez, Mississippi Natchez ( ) is the county seat of and only city in Adams County, Mississippi, United States. Natchez has a total population of 14,520 (as of the 2020 census). Located on the Mississippi River across from Vidalia in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, N ...

, USA.

History

The house was built for

Don José Vidal Don José Vidal (March 12, 1763, in A Coruña, Spain – August 22, 1823, in New Orleans, Louisiana) was a Spanish grandee who served in many different roles during the last decade of Louisiana's colonial period. Biography Early life Don José ...

in 1795. It was subsequently purchased by

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, a photographer. By 1963, it was purchased by William C. McGehee.

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the

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since July 5, 1979.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi Federal architecture in Mississippi Houses completed in 1795 Spanish Colonial architecture in the United States Houses in Adams County, Mississippi {{Mississippi-NRHP-stub