Amos Deason Home, Greek Revival residence in Ellisville, United States.
The Amos Deason Home is a "French Raised Cottage" at the corner of Deason and Anderson Streets in Ellisville, completed around 1845 and the oldest house in Jones County. Its exterior imitates stone: 1½-inch pine weatherboards were beveled to resemble masonry blocks, painted, sanded and repainted. The front entrance has a hexagon-shaped vestibule with French doors opening onto a six-column porch.
The house was built in the mid-1800s during a period of economic growth for major Mississippi landowners. The structure became linked to a significant Civil War-era event that revealed tensions between Union supporters and Confederate forces in the region.
The house is called the "French Raised Cottage" design, and its front entrance has a hexagon-shaped vestibule with French doors opening onto the porch, flanked by angled side panels that are believed to have held partial glass. The parlor was used mainly for weddings and entertaining, and the separate kitchen building was where the women spun, wove, sewed and quilted.
The house stands at 410 Anderson Street, at the corner of Anderson and Deason Streets in Ellisville, between two modern schools. The source gives no opening hours, tours or managing organisation, so visitors should not count on scheduled access. The original detached kitchen and outbuildings no longer form part of the described complex.
The house is said to be haunted because Major Amos McLemore, a Confederate officer using it as his headquarters, was killed there by Newt Knight on October 5, 1863. The Deasons were friends of McLemore, who had come to Jones County to round up deserters led by Knight.
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