Richland is a historic building located in Church Hill, Jefferson County,

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.National Register of Historic Places
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Location

It is located off the Mississippi Highway 553.

Overview

It was built in the 1840s by Robert Cox.Mississippi: A Guide to the Magnolia State
/ref> His wife has inherited the land from her grandfather, Colonel Thomas M. Green, Jr. (1758–1813), the owner of the

Springfield Plantation Springfield Plantation or Springfield Plantation House may refer to: *Springfield Plantation (Louisville, Kentucky) *Springfield Plantation (Fayette, Mississippi) *Springfield Plantation House (Fort Mill, South Carolina) Springfield Plantation H ...

Fayette, Mississippi Fayette is a city in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,614 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Jefferson County. Geography Fayette is located at (31.711144, -91.062246). According to the United States ...

. The architectural style is

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but a ...

. It is white, and made of bricks and timber. The front door has

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s on each side. It has been listed on the

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since July 5, 1984.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi Houses in Jefferson County, Mississippi Greek Revival houses in Mississippi National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Mississippi {{Mississippi-NRHP-stub