Oakleigh (Holly Springs, Mississippi)

	Oakleigh
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
	The home in 2014
Location	330 Salem Avenue, Holly Springs, Mississippi, U.S.
Coordinates	34°46′20.02″N 89°26′27.8″W / 34.7722278°N 89.441056°W
Built	1858
Architectural style	Greek Revival
Part of	East Holly Springs Historic District (ID83000960)
Added to NRHP	April 20, 1983

Oakleigh (a.k.a. Fant-Clapp House, Athenia, or West Home) is a historic mansion in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA.

Location

The house is located at 506 Salem Avenue in Holly Springs, a small town in Marshall County, Northern Mississippi.^[1]^[2]

The two-storey mansion was built in 1858 for Judge Jeremiah W. Clapp.^[2]^[3]^[4] It was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style,^[2]^[3] with four Corinthian columns.^[4] The wrought-iron railings on the balconies were designed by the Jones, McElwain and Company Iron Foundry.^[4] Inside, the main hall is includes a large spiraling staircase. The dining-room, located behind the stairwell, is oval-shaped.^[1]^[4]

At the outset of the American Civil War of 1861–1865, the owner, Judge Clapp, was elected to the Congress of the Confederate States.^[5] As a result, he was in the crosshairs of the Union Army.^[5] When they ransacked the house, Clapp hid in the capital of one of the Corinthian columns.^[5] The house was then occupied by Union General Andrew Jackson Smith.^[5] It was liberated by Confederate General Earl Van Dorn in 1862.^[5]

In 1870, the mansion was acquired by Confederate General Absolom M. West, who served in the Mississippi State Senate.^[4]^[5]

As a contributing property to the East Holly Springs Historic District,^[2]^[3] it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 20, 1983.^[6]

^ ^a ^b Kempe, Helen Kerr (1977). The Pelican Guide to Old Homes of Mississippi: Columbus and the North. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company. p. 93.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: East Holly Springs Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ""Athenia" ("Oakleigh") (Clapp-Fant House)". Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Kempe, Helen Kerr (1998). Marshall County: From the Collection of Chesley Thorne Smith. Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company. p. 32.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Deupree, N.D. (1903). "Some Historic Homes of Mississippi". Publications of the Mississippi Historical Society. VII. Mississippi Historical Society: 340–342.
^ "East Holly Springs Historic District". National Park Service. Retrieved September 12, 2015.

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