The John Baynton House (also known as "Williamsburg" or "Banachi") is a historic house within the Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi. With It is located at number 821 on Main Street in Natchez, Mississippi.Historic Resources Inventory Fact Sheet: John Baynton House, Mississippi Department of Archives and History
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since October 16, 1974 for the architecture; and is a contributing property to the Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District.
History The John Baynton House is an excellent example of the Federal style cottage in Natchez, and contains fine architectural details with regional characteristics.Helen Kerr Kempe, The Pelican Guide to Old Homes of Mississippi: Natchez and the South, Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, 1989, p. 74 It has one story and a half.
The house was built for John Baynton, a land speculator, in 1833. It was purchased by the Junkin family; one of their descendants is John R. Junkin, who served as the speaker of the Mississippi House of Representatives in the 1970s.
See also
National Register of Historic Places listings in Adams County, Mississippi
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