The Laurel Hill Plantation in Jefferson County, Mississippi near Rodney, Mississippi was a historic plantation. It is located about two miles southeast of Rodney, in a bend of the Mississippi River named "Petit Gulf".[1] It is significant for the architecture of its main plantation house and for the development of Petit Gulf cotton, a cotton hybrid, on its property.

The plantation house was built around 1815 for Dr Rush Nutt, a scientist and agriculturalist.[2] Later, it was inherited by his son, Haller Nutt (1816-1864). Rush Nutt developed the cotton hybrid, and was also the first to use steam engine power in operating cotton gins.[2]

It was studied by the Historic American Buildings Survey.[3][4][2]

The property is not listed on the National Register of Historic Places, although the National Register's NRIS database shows an entry related to it on January 29, 1983.[5] This may have been a determination of eligibility or a delisting or some other event other than a listing. And the HABS overview page about it states "The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on January 29, 1973."[2] Further, and perhaps confusingly, another Mississippi plantation of the same name in Adams County is National Register-listed.

References

  1. ↑ Johnson, Walter (2013). River of Dark Dreams. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. ISBN 978-0-674-04555-2.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Library of Congress: Laurel Hill Plantation House, Rodney & Red Licks Roads, Rodney, Jefferson County, MS
  3. ↑ "Historic American Buildings Survey: Laurel Hill Plantation House, Rodney & Red Licks Roads, Rodney, Jefferson County, MS". Library of Congress.
  4. ↑ Library of Congress: View from north - Laurel Hill Plantation House, Rodney & Red Licks Roads, Rodney, Jefferson County, MS
  5. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

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