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Carpenter Schools
Carpenter Schools
	An early 20th-century postcard of Carpenter School No. 1
Location	706 N Union St (#1) and 800 Washington St (#2), Natchez, Mississippi
Coordinates	31°33′52″N 91°23′49″W / 31.564366°N 91.396846°W
Built	1909
Architect	Reuben Harrison Hunt
Architectural style(s)	Colonial Revival
Mississippi Landmark
Official name	Carpenter School No. 1
Designated	January 7, 1993
Reference no.	001-NAT-1355-NRD-ML
U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
Official name	Carpenter School No. 1
Designated	December 1, 1983
Part of	Upriver Residential District
Reference no.	83004371
Mississippi Landmark
Official name	Carpenter School No. 2
Designated	May 9, 1985
Reference no.	001-NAT-0671-NRD-ML
	Location of Carpenter Schools in Mississippi Carpenter Schools (the United States)

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Built in the early 20th century, Carpenter School No. 1 and Carpenter School No. 2, in Natchez, Mississippi, were two of three buildings built and donated to the city by the city's philanthropic Carpenter family (see below) for public schools in Natchez. Besides the three schools, the family built and then donated many other structures to the city, and the Natchez-Adams School District and George W. Armstrong Public Library still benefit from a Carpenter trust fund.

A $2.1 million restoration of Carpenter No. 1 was completed in 2000. ^{[citation needed]} Because the building is listed as a contributing property to a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places, the exterior of the building was not altered by the restoration. The restoration rounded out the city's initiative begun by a former mayor to restore and adapt large, unused municipal properties. Renovations to Carpenter No. 2 on Washington Street, which served as the Natchez Senior Citizen Multi-Purpose Center, were completed in November, 2000.^[3]

Carpenter Family of Natchez

The Carpenter family in Natchez descends from Nathaniel L. Carpenter, who was born 18 Nov 1805 at Randolph, Vermont, a descendant of the Rehoboth Carpenter family. Nathaniel L. Carpenter was raised and educated in Lancaster, New York, and went into the stage and hotel business there. In 1833 he journeyed to Natchez, Mississippi, and began a career as a builder. He left Natchez in 1834 and went first to St. Louis, Missouri, then to New Orleans, Louisiana, in 1835. He returned to Natchez about 1838 and settled permanently, becoming owner of a line of steamboats and successful in the cotton trade and many other private and public interests. He married in 1837 at Buffalo, New York, to Miss Julia Ann Luce. He led a very full life, traveling throughout the United States, Europe, and the South Pacific islands. He owned the Myrtle Terrace^[4] town home in Natchez, and Dunleith^[5] plantation near Natchez, both of which are on the annual Natchez historical pilgrimage tours. During the Civil War, he counseled neutrality, but both of his sons joined the Confederacy—Allen D. Carpenter served in the Natchez Rifles and Joseph N. Carpenter in the Breckinridge Guards. Julia Ann (Luce) Carpenter died on 1 May 1871, and Nathaniel L. Carpenter died on 23 Dec 1892. Descendants have continued to live in Natchez. The town of Carpenter, Mississippi in Copiah County, is named for J. N. Carpenter, president of the Natchez, Jackson and Columbia Railroad.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b "Mississippi Landmarks" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Archives and History. May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2009.
^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
^ Natchez Democrat, "Carpenter School apartments on track for fall completion." December 7, 2000.
^ The Natchez Convention & Visitors Bureau, http://www.visitnatchez.org/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=129&Itemid=35
^ Natchez on the River staff: Dunleith, http://www.natchezontheriver.com/news/2008/oct/13/dunleith/ Archived 2009-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2009.
^ O. Happyland [pseud.]: "Copiah County Once Boasted of 49 Towns", published in the Crystal Springs, Miss., The Meteor, issue of February 28, 2000, article in the subject file on Copiah County in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, online at http://copiah.msgenweb.org/Resources/Reference/History/Communities/Copiah_County/copiah_county.htm, retrieved 21 July 2009; J. N. Carpenter is likely Joseph Neibert Carpenter of Natchez, Miss.

[usms-1] "Mississippi Landmarks" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Archives and History. May 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 9, 2010. Retrieved June 24, 2009.

[nris-2] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.

[3] Natchez Democrat, "Carpenter School apartments on track for fall completion." December 7, 2000.

[4] The Natchez Convention & Visitors Bureau, http://www.visitnatchez.org/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=129&Itemid=35

[5] Natchez on the River staff: Dunleith, http://www.natchezontheriver.com/news/2008/oct/13/dunleith/ Archived 2009-07-03 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 2009.

[6] O. Happyland [pseud.]: "Copiah County Once Boasted of 49 Towns", published in the Crystal Springs, Miss., The Meteor, issue of February 28, 2000, article in the subject file on Copiah County in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, online at http://copiah.msgenweb.org/Resources/Reference/History/Communities/Copiah_County/copiah_county.htm, retrieved 21 July 2009; J. N. Carpenter is likely Joseph Neibert Carpenter of Natchez, Miss.

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+{{short description|Historic buildings in Natchez, Mississippi, United States}}
-{{Infobox Historic Site
+{{Infobox historic site
   | name = Carpenter Schools
   | designation1 = Mississippi Landmark
   | designation1_offname = Carpenter School No. 1
   | designation1_number =001-NAT-1355-NRD-ML
-  | designation1_date=January 7, 1993<ref name=usms>{{cite web |url=http://mdah.state.ms.us/hpres/MSLandmarks.pdf |title=Mississippi Landmarks |date=May 2008 |publisher=Mississippi Department of Archives and History |accessdate=June 24, 2009 }}</ref>
+  | designation1_date=January 7, 1993<ref name=usms>{{cite web|url=http://mdah.state.ms.us/hpres/MSLandmarks.pdf |title=Mississippi Landmarks |date=May 2008 |publisher=Mississippi Department of Archives and History |accessdate=June 24, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009033103/http://mdah.state.ms.us/hpres/MSLandmarks.pdf |archivedate=October 9, 2010 }}</ref>
   | designation2 = nrhp-cp
   | designation2_offname = Carpenter School No. 1
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   | designation3_offname = Carpenter School No. 2
   | designation3_number =001-NAT-0671-NRD-ML
+  | designation3_date=May 9, 1985<ref name=usms/>
-  | designation3_date=May 9, 1985<ref name=usms>{{cite web |url=http://mdah.state.ms.us/hpres/MSLandmarks.pdf |title=Mississippi Landmarks |date=May 2008 |publisher=Mississippi Department of Archives and History |accessdate=June 24, 2009 }}</ref>
   | image = Carpenter School Postcard.jpg
   | alt = Carpenter School No. 1
-  | caption = An early 20th century postcard of Carpenter School No. 1
+  | caption = An early 20th-century postcard of Carpenter School No. 1
-  | location = 100 N Union St (#1) and 800 Washington St (#2), [[Natchez, Mississippi]]
+  | location = 706 N Union St (#1) and 800 Washington St (#2), [[Natchez, Mississippi]]
-  | latitude = 31.564366
+  | coordinates = {{coord|31.564366|-91.396846|display=inline,title}}
-  | longitude = -91.396846
+  | locmapin = Mississippi#USA
-  | locmapin = Mississippi
   | area =
   | built = 1909
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 }}
 Built in the early 20th century, '''Carpenter School No. 1''' and '''Carpenter School No. 2''', in [[Natchez, Mississippi]], were two of three buildings built and donated to the city by the city's philanthropic Carpenter family (see below) for public schools in Natchez.  Besides the three schools, the family built and then donated many other structures to the city, and the Natchez-Adams School District and George W. Armstrong Public Library still benefit from a Carpenter trust fund.
-A $2.1 million restoration of Carpenter No. 1 was completed in 2000. Because the building is listed as a [[contributing property]] to a [[U.S. historic district|historic district]] on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], the exterior of the building was not altered by the restoration.  The restoration rounded out the city's initiative begun by a former mayor to restore and adapt large, unused municipal properties. Renovations to Carpenter No. 2 on Washington Street, which served as the Natchez Senior Citizen Multi-Purpose Center, were completed in November, 2000.<ref>Natchez Democrat, [http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2000/dec/07/carpenter-school-apartments-on-track-for-fall/ "Carpenter School apartments on track for fall completion."] December 7, 2000.</ref>
+A $2.1 million restoration of Carpenter No. 1 was completed in 2000. {{citation needed|date=September 2023}} Because the building is listed as a [[contributing property]] to a [[U.S. historic district|historic district]] on the [[National Register of Historic Places]], the exterior of the building was not altered by the restoration.  The restoration rounded out the city's initiative begun by a former mayor to restore and adapt large, unused municipal properties. Renovations to Carpenter No. 2 on Washington Street, which served as the Natchez Senior Citizen Multi-Purpose Center, were completed in November, 2000.<ref>Natchez Democrat, [http://www.natchezdemocrat.com/news/2000/dec/07/carpenter-school-apartments-on-track-for-fall/ "Carpenter School apartments on track for fall completion."] December 7, 2000.</ref>
 ==Carpenter Family of Natchez==
-[[File:Carpenter School 2 Postcard.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Carpenter School No. 2|An early 20th century postcard of Carpenter School No. 2]]
+[[File:Carpenter School 2 Postcard.jpg|thumb|left|alt=Carpenter School No. 2|An early 20th-century postcard of Carpenter School No. 2]]
-The Carpenter family in Natchez descends from Nathaniel L. Carpenter, who was born 18 Nov 1805 at [[Randolph, Vermont]], a descendant of the [[Rehoboth Carpenter family]]. Nathaniel L. Carpenter was raised and educated in [[Lancaster, New York]], and went into the stage and hotel business there.  In 1833 he journeyed to Natchez, Mississippi, and began a career as a builder.  He left Natchez in 1834 and went first to [[St. Louis, Missouri]], then to [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], in 1835.  He returned to Natchez about 1838 and settled permanently, becoming owner of a line of steamboats and successful in the cotton trade and many other private and public interests.  He married in 1837 at [[Buffalo, New York]], to Miss Julia Ann Luce.  He led a very full life, traveling throughout the United States, Europe, and the South Pacific islands.  He owned the Myrtle Terrace<ref>The Natchez Convention & Visitors Bureau, http://www.visitnatchez.org/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=129&Itemid=35</ref> town home in Natchez, and [[Dunleith]]<ref>Natchez on the River staff: ''Dunleith'', http://www.natchezontheriver.com/news/2008/oct/13/dunleith/, retrieved 2009.</ref> plantation near Natchez, both of which are on the annual Natchez historical pilgrimage tours.  During the Civil War, he counseled neutrality, but both of his sons joined the Confederacy—Allen D. Carpenter served in the Natchez Rifles and Joseph N. Carpenter in the Breckinridge Guards.  Julia Ann (Luce) Carpenter died on 1 May 1871, and Nathaniel L. Carpenter died on 23 Dec 1892.  Descendants have continued to live in Natchez.  The town of [[Carpenter, Mississippi]] in [[Copiah County]], is named for J. N. Carpenter, president of the Natchez, Jackson and Columbia Railroad.<ref>O. Happyland [pseud.]: "Copiah County Once Boasted of 49 Towns", published in the Crystal Springs, Miss., The Meteor, issue of February 28, 2000, article in the subject file on Copiah County in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, online at http://copiah.msgenweb.org/Resources/Reference/History/Communities/Copiah_County/copiah_county.htm, retrieved 21 July 2009; J. N. Carpenter is likely Joseph Neibert Carpenter of Natchez, Miss.</ref>
+The Carpenter family in Natchez descends from Nathaniel L. Carpenter, who was born 18 Nov 1805 at [[Randolph, Vermont]], a descendant of the [[Rehoboth Carpenter family]]. [[Nathaniel L. Carpenter]] was raised and educated in [[Lancaster, New York]], and went into the stage and hotel business there.  In 1833 he journeyed to Natchez, Mississippi, and began a career as a builder.  He left Natchez in 1834 and went first to [[St. Louis, Missouri]], then to [[New Orleans, Louisiana]], in 1835.  He returned to Natchez about 1838 and settled permanently, becoming owner of a line of steamboats and successful in the cotton trade and many other private and public interests.  He married in 1837 at [[Buffalo, New York]], to Miss Julia Ann Luce.  He led a very full life, traveling throughout the United States, Europe, and the South Pacific islands.  He owned the Myrtle Terrace<ref>The Natchez Convention & Visitors Bureau, http://www.visitnatchez.org/index.php?option=com_mtree&task=viewlink&link_id=129&Itemid=35</ref> town home in Natchez, and [[Dunleith]]<ref>Natchez on the River staff: ''Dunleith'', http://www.natchezontheriver.com/news/2008/oct/13/dunleith/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703235828/http://www.natchezontheriver.com/news/2008/oct/13/dunleith/ |date=2009-07-03 }}, retrieved 2009.</ref> plantation near Natchez, both of which are on the annual Natchez historical pilgrimage tours.  During the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], he counseled neutrality, but both of his sons joined the [[Confederate States of America|Confederacy]]—Allen D. Carpenter served in the Natchez Rifles and Joseph N. Carpenter in the Breckinridge Guards.  Julia Ann (Luce) Carpenter died on 1 May 1871, and Nathaniel L. Carpenter died on 23 Dec 1892.  Descendants have continued to live in Natchez.  The town of [[Carpenter, Mississippi]] in [[Copiah County]], is named for J. N. Carpenter, president of the Natchez, Jackson and Columbia Railroad.<ref>O. Happyland [pseud.]: "Copiah County Once Boasted of 49 Towns", published in the Crystal Springs, Miss., The Meteor, issue of February 28, 2000, article in the subject file on Copiah County in the Mississippi Department of Archives and History, online at http://copiah.msgenweb.org/Resources/Reference/History/Communities/Copiah_County/copiah_county.htm, retrieved 21 July 2009; J. N. Carpenter is likely Joseph Neibert Carpenter of Natchez, Miss.</ref>
 ==References==
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 {{NRHP}}
-[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi]]
+[[Category:School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi]]
 [[Category:Buildings and structures in Natchez, Mississippi]]
 [[Category:Mississippi Landmarks]]
+[[Category:National Register of Historic Places in Natchez, Mississippi]]

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