Mississippi Department of Archives and History

Form 10-300 UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR (July 1969) NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Mississippi COUNTY: NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES Carroll INVENTORY - NOMINATION FORM FOR NPS USE ONLY

ENTRY NUMBER (Type all entries — complete applicable sections)

Malmaison AND/OR HISTORIC: Malmaison

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PRESENT USE (Check One or More as Appropriate)

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CITY OR TOWN: STATE: CODE Charleston Mississippi 23 P-ili|i!l|fl!^ . ... : : ••••Y;;: COURTHOUSE, REGISTRY OF DEEDS. ETC: Carroll County Courthouse COUNTY: STREET AND NUMBER: Carroll

CITY OR TOWN: STATE CODE

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NUMBERENTRY Historic American Buildings Survey ^ Tl DATE OF SURVEY: TQO£ J7~| Federal O CD State CD County Q Loca 73 DEPOSITORY FOR SURVEY RECORDS: C- Z

Division of Prints and Photographs Co C STREET AND NUMBER: ~" ~* £--- — t/i m O Library of Congress z CITY OR TOWN: STATE: CQDE I r Washington . District of Columbia —^ DATE ^ (Check One)

Excellent D Good Q Fair [~| Deteriorated Ruins II Unexposed CONDITION CChecAr One; (Check One)

Altered Q Unaltered Moved X] Original Site

DESCRIBE THE PRESENT AND ORIGINAL (it known) PHYSICAL APPEARANCE

All th< remains of Malmaison, which was destroy- ed J:he foundation and concrete steps __^ "as well as a cistern of a brick wall. the cemetery, presently enclosed

Originally constructed in 1854, the large two, story_house >was designed along the lines of Italianate arch itecture^ Two large hallways, forming a Greek cross, divid ed the house. The plan for the home was square, simple and conventional with a wing, which partially served as a large dining room, running off at the rear. The elevations were graced by columned porches rn extending to the roof line. Elaborate wrought-iron balustrad- m ed balconies divided the superimposed doorways at the first and second floor hall terminals. The north and south porches had four square pillars; the east and west, two each. The roof was hipped and crowned by a double-deck cupola with a surrounding balustrade promenade. TO C n H I PERIOD (Check One or More as Appropriate) n Pre-Columbian | Q 16th Century D 18th Century 20th Century

n 15th Century D 17th Century [X 19th Century

SPECIFIC DATE(S) (If Applicable and Known) 1854-1942 AREAS OF SIGNIFICANCE (Check One or More as Appropriate)

I | Architecture [| Landscape [| Sculpture

D Art Architecture I I Social/Human

| | Commerce I I Literature itarian

[ | Communications D Military Q Theater | | Conservation n Music [ | Transportation

STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Malmaison, constructed in. 1.854, was Greenwood LefL6re, the last chief of the Choctaws prior to their removal to the Indian Territory west o£ the Missis sippi River, Leflore, born June 3, 1800, was the son of Louis LeFleur, a French trader who operated a trading post on the h- Pearl River at the present site of Jackson, Mississippi. u Leflore's mother, Rebecca Cravat, was a niece of the famed 3 Choctaw chief, Pushmataha. In 1812, Leflore's family moved a: northward to a location on the Natchez Trace, which came to i- be known as French Camp. Here, Greenwood came in contact with Major John Donly, mail carrier between Nashville and co Natchez, who became interested in the youngster and carried Z him to Nashville for schooling. Leflore returned home; and, in 1830, was elected chief of the entire Choctaw nation. As chief, Leflore accom plished many reforms among his people. He abolished witch craft and establfsTied scKobXs, civil marriages, and trial by jury. Greenwood Leflore played a prominent role in the negotiations for the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830, which provided for the removal of the Choctaws to the west. Leflore urged his people to cede their lands to the United States government. He remained in Mississippi and eventually acquired approximately 15,000 acres of land. In 1854, he built Malmaison, which was designed by James Clark Hairis, a young architect from Georgia, who later married one of Le- flore's daughters. Leflore represented Carroll County in both houses of the Mississippi Legislature. Leflore, who r, ined loyal to the Union throughout the Civil War, died in , and Malmaison remained the home of his descendants until it burned in 1942. ill;;|||$$$$ 1. Claiborne, J. F. H. f Mississippi f as a Province, Territorv and State, with Biographi cal Notices of Eminent Citizens. (Jacks on, Miss. : Power & Barksdale, 1880} , 515-516. 2. Mississippi} A Guide to the Magnolia State. (New York! The Viking Press, 1338J7 TOT- 405. 3. Ray, Florence Rebecca, Chief tain Greenwood Leflore and the cnoctaw Indians of the "Mississippi Valley. (Memphis : C- A. Bavis Co.. I93fil . fi -RQ.

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As the designated State Liaison Officer for the Na I hereby certify that this property is included in the tional Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (Public Law 89-665), I hereby nominate this property for inclusion National Register. in the National Register and certify that it has been evaluated according to the criteria and procedures set forth by the National Park Service. The recommended Chief, Office of Archeology and Historic PreserwrfTSrtv level of significance of this nomination is: National n State S Local £] Date AUG 2 5 1970 Name \^/L ij /'/ 2fy+«-~-&*-*~~~' ATTEST:

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