Mount Olive 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 land belonged to William Foster in the early 19th century. By 1840, it was inherited by his great-niece, Eliza Tannehill Foster and her husband, Emmanuel Rigillio. The couple built a great house on the plantation from 1840 to 1843. It stayed in the Foster family until 1978, when it was sold to Bernard P. Wood.

Architectural significance

It has been listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...

since November 28, 1980.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi Houses completed in 1843 Houses in Adams County, Mississippi Plantations in Mississippi {{Mississippi-NRHP-stub