Bolling-Gatewood House

Bolling-Gatewood House
Location 220 Randolph Street North, Holly Springs, Marshall County, Mississippi, U.S.
Coordinates 34°46′19″N 89°26′42″W / 34.7720°N 89.4451°W / 34.7720; -89.4451Coordinates: 34°46′19″N 89°26′42″W / 34.7720°N 89.4451°W / 34.7720; -89.4451
Built 1858
Architect Spires Boling
Architectural style Greek Revival
Part of East Holly Springs Historic District (#83000960 [1])
MPS Holly Springs MRA
Added to NRHP April 20, 1983

The Bolling-Gatewood House is a historic cottage in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA. It is home to the Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum, named for former slave, journalist, and suffragist Ida B. Wells.

Location

The house is located at 220 Randolph Street North in Holly Springs, a small town in Northern Mississippi.[2][3] It is off U.S. Route 78.[4]

History

The house was completed in 1858.[2][5] It was designed as a two-storey wood cottage in the Greek Revival architectural style.[2] The portico has five bays and octagonal columns.[2] The cottage is white.[2] It was built for Spires Boling, an architect who designed it.[5][6] Boling owned nine African slaves, including Lizzie Wells and Ida B. Wells, who went on to become a renowned Civil Rights activist.[6]

Later, the house became known as the Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum.[2][3] The museum presents "the contributions of African Americans in the fields of history, art and culture."[3] In July 2013, three memorial trees were planted in the garden in honor of Wells's prominent grandchildren: Benjamin C. Duster, III (1927–2011), an attorney; Charles E. Duster, Sr. (1929–1991), an architect; and Donald L. Duster (1932–2013), a business executive.[4]

Architectural significance

As a contributing property to the East Holly Springs Historic District, it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 20, 1983.[5] Additionally, it has been a Mississippi Landmark since 2000.[2]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Spires Boling House Bolling-Gatewood House [Ida B. Wells Museum]". Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 "Historic House Museums". Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  4. 1 2 "Wells-Barnett Museum [Ida B. Wells Museum]". The Ida B. Wells Memorial Foundation. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory–Nomination Form: East Holly Springs Historic District" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved September 7, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Dorrien, Gary (2015). The New Abolition: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Black Social Gospel. New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University Press. p. 85.
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