D'Evereux, Natchez vicinity, Mississippi. Completed in 1840,
D'Evereux is an excellent example of the Greek Revival style, an
architectural style popular throughout the United States, and
especially in the South, before the Civil War. The style is
loosely based on the architecture of ancient Greece. The
builders of D'Evereux applied Greek and Roman architectural
motifs to everything from the ironwork of the servants' quarters
to the woodwork and the ceilings of the main house. Many of the
architectural ornaments, such as the ones shown here, were
inspired by ancient urns, buildings, and other artifacts found
at the ancient Roman cities of Herculaneum and Pompeii. Louis
Bolduc House, Sainte Genevieve, Missouri. The Bolduc House, now
a museum, is one of a few remaining French Colonial buildings in
the upper Mississippi Valley. As described in the HABS written
historical data pages, it is constructed of poteaux sur sole,
vertical posts set on a sill, with the interstices filled with
bouzillage, sticks covered wi