William Johnson House: Cultural Landscape Report, Natchez National Historical Park, National Park Service
Laura Knott HLA and Joseph K. Oppermann, Architect P.A.. 2022. William Johnson House: Cultural Landscape Report, Natchez National Historical Park, National Park Service. Cultural Landscape Report. U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service. Atlanta, Georgia
The William Johnson House is a component of Natchez National Historical Park (NATC) in Natchez, Mississippi. The house was constructed in 1841 for William Johnson, a free African American barber, businessman, and famous diarist. After his death in 1851, his family and descendants continued to live in the house until 1975, when they sold the house and its urban lot to the Preservation Society of Ellicott’s Hill. The Society sold the property to the City of Natchez in 1990, which immediately donated it and the adjacent McCallum House to the National Park Service (NPS). The William Johnson House was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 16, 1976, before it became an NPS property. This nomination lists the property as significant in the areas of literature and African American history for the period of 1800 through 1899. The William Johnson House was also included, along with the McCallum House, as a component of the Natchez-on-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District, added to the National Register on September 17, 1979. This nomination lists the district as significant in the areas of architecture, commerce, community planning, exploration/settlement, landscape architecture, military, politics/government, and transportation for the period of 1700 through 1900. Finally, the William Johnson House and McCallum House are also included in the administrative listing in the National Register for Natchez National Historical Park, dated October 7, 1988. By initiating this cultural landscape report (CLR), the NPS aims to better understand the significance of the cultural landscape of the William Johnson House, particularly how it might differ from the significance of the buildings. Based on this understanding, the park would like to receive recommendations on how to utilize the landscape for interpretation, address archeology on the site, solve ongoing drainage problems, provide universal accessibility, treat existing intrusive utilities, store maintenance tools, and screen intrusive views.
- Type
- Published Report
- Authors
- Laura Knott HLA; Joseph K. Oppermann, Architect P.A.
- Date of Issue
- 2022
- Publisher
- U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service
- Units
- NATC , SER
- Keywords
- African American History, Antebellum, Enslaved, Mississippi, Natchez, William Johnson
- Subjects
- Ecological Framework: Human Use | Cultural Landscapes | Cultural Landscapes