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Built shortly after the turn of the 20th century, '''Carpenter School No. 2''' in [[Natchez, Mississippi]], was one of three buildings built and donated to the city by the philanthropic Carpenter family (see below) for public schools in Natchez. Besides the three schools, the family built and then donated many other structures to the city, and the Natchez-Adams School District and George W. Armstrong Public Library benefit from a Carpenter trust fund. Renovations to Carpenter No. 2 on Washington Street, which served as the Natchez Senior Citizen Multi-Purpose Center, were completed in November |
Built shortly after the turn of the 20th century, '''Carpenter School No. 2''' in [[Natchez, Mississippi]], was one of three buildings built and donated to the city by the philanthropic Carpenter family (see below) for public schools in Natchez. Besides the three schools, the family built and then donated many other structures to the city, and the Natchez-Adams School District and George W. Armstrong Public Library benefit from a Carpenter trust fund. Renovations to Carpenter No. 2 on Washington Street, which served as the Natchez Senior Citizen Multi-Purpose Center, were completed in November, 2000.<Ref>"Carpenter School apartments on track for fall completion |
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==Carpenter Family of Natchez== |
==Carpenter Family of Natchez== |
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Revision as of 17:10, 22 July 2009
Carpenter Number 2 School | |
 An early 20th century postcard of Carpenter School No. 2 | |
| Location | Natchez, Mississippi |
|---|---|
| Built | 1909 |
| Architect | Reuben Harris Hunt |
| Architectural style | Colonial Revival |
| Part of | Upriver Residential District (ID83004371) |
| USMS No. | 001-NAT-0671-NRD-ML |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | December 1, 1983[2] |
| Designated USMS | May 9, 1985[1] |
Built shortly after the turn of the 20th century, Carpenter School No. 2 in Natchez, Mississippi, was one of three buildings built and donated to the city by the philanthropic Carpenter family (see below) for public schools in Natchez. Besides the three schools, the family built and then donated many other structures to the city, and the Natchez-Adams School District and George W. Armstrong Public Library benefit from a Carpenter trust fund. Renovations to Carpenter No. 2 on Washington Street, which served as the Natchez Senior Citizen Multi-Purpose Center, were completed in November, 2000.[3]
Carpenter Family of Natchez
The Carpenter family in Natchez descends from Nathaniel L. Carpenter, who was born 18 Nov 1805 at Randolph, Vermont, a descendant of the Rehoboth Carpenter family. Nathaniel L. Carpenter was raised and educated in Lancaster, New York, and went into the stage and hotel business there. In 1833 he journeyed to Natchez, Mississippi, and began a career as a builder. He left Natchez in 1834 and went first to St. Louis, Missouri, then to New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1835. He returned to Natchez about 1838 and settled permanently, becoming owner of a line of steamboats and successful in the cotton trade and many other private and public interests. He married in 1837 at Buffalo, New York, to Miss Julia Ann Luce. He led a very full life, traveling throughout the United States, Europe, and the South Pacific islands. He owned the Myrtle Terrace town home[4] in Natchez, and Dunleith[5] plantation near Natchez, both of which are on the annual Natchez historical pilgrimage tours. During the Civil War, he counseled neutrality, but both of his sons joined the Confederacy -- Allen D. Carpenter served in the Natchez Rifles and Joseph N. Carpenter in the Breckinridge Guards. Julia Ann (Luce) Carpenter died on 1 May 1871, and Nathaniel L. Carpenter died on 23 Dec 1892. Descendants have continued to live in Natchez. The town of Carpenter, Mississippi in Copiah County, is named for J. N. Carpenter, president of the Natchez, Jackson and Columbia Railroad.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "Mississippi Landmarks" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Archives and History. May 2008. Retrieved June 24, 2009.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13.
- ^ "Carpenter School apartments on track for fall completion ", The Natchez Democrat, http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2000/dec/07/carpenter-school-apartments-on-track-for-fall/, retrieved 2009.
- ^ The Natchez Convention & Visitors Bureau, http://www.visitnatchez.org/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=129&Itemid=35
- ^ Natchez on the River staff: Dunleith, http://www.natchezontheriver.com/news/2008/oct/13/dunleith/, retrieved 2009.
- ^ O. Happyland [pseud.]: "Copiah County Once Boasted of 49 Towns", published in the Crystal Springs, Miss., The Meteor, issue of February 28, 2000, article in the subject file on Copiah County in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, online at http://copiah.msgenweb.org/Resources/Reference/History/Communities/Copiah_County/copiah_county.htm, retrieved 21 July 2009; J. N. Carpenter is likely Joseph Neibert Carpenter of Natchez, Miss.