I. T. Montgomery House

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I. T. Montgomery House
(U.S. National Historic Landmark)
I. T. Montgomery House
Location:	West Main Street, Mound Bayou, Mississippi
Coordinates:	33°52′37.25″N 90°43′43.6″W / 33.8770139, -90.728778Coordinates: 33°52′37.25″N 90°43′43.6″W / 33.8770139, -90.728778
Built/Founded:	1910
Architect:	Unknown
Architectural style(s):	No Style Listed
Designated as NHL:	May 11, 1976^[1]
Added to NRHP:	May 11, 1976^[2]
NRHP Reference#:	76001092
Governing body:	Private

I. T. Montgomery House is was the home of Isaiah Thornton Montgomery, (21 May 1847 - 5 March 1924), a former slave, who with his cousin Benjamin Green founded the successful Mound Bayou, Mississippi community, one of the first such, in 1887. He lived in this home from 1910 to 1924.

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1976.^[1]^[3]

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b I. T. Montgomery House. National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. Retrieved on 2007-10-22.
^ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service (2007-01-23).
^ Lynne Gomez Graves (October 30, 1975), National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: I. T. Montgomery HousePDF (377 KiB), National Park Service and Accompanying 2 photos, exterior, from 1974 and undated.PDF (587 KiB)

[edit] External links

Mound Bayou, Mississippi, at Black American Registry

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