Currently used as a private event hall for social gatherings, the Prentiss Club was chartered as a private men's club in 1903 by the state and “was created for Social and Literary purposes only.” The club was named in honor of noted orator and attorney, Sergeant S. Prentiss. A portrait sculpture of him adorns the façade of the building.
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Designed by Soule and MacDonald of New Orleans and built by local contractors, Stietenroth and Dowds, the Renaissance Revival building is solidly constructed of brick, stone, iron, tile and terracotta and distinguished by a columned Loggia leading to a 72 foot long tiled terrace. The jewel of the elegant reception hall is a handsome double staircase, which leads guests to two ornate bedroom suites upstairs, along with an ornate ballroom.
The Prentiss Club was the center of much of the social activity of the city prior to the opening of the Eola Hotel in 1927. For a time it was used as a Masonic Temple. In 1976, then owner, Deposit Guaranty Bank, applied to demolish it for a parking lot. Three local women purchased the building and are owed a great debt for rescuing one of the few fine 20th century buildings in the city.
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211 N Pearl St Natchez, MS 39120
TRACT 1:
Beginning at the intersection of the southwesterly edge of Jefferson Street with the southeasterly edge of Pearl Street, being the most northerly corner of within described tract.
Thence from said. point of beginning, go southeasterly at right angles to the southeasterly edge of Pearl Street along the southwesterly edge of Jefferson Street for 99.02 feet; thence southwesterly with an interior angle of 90 degrees 04' for 23.65 feet to the back of a concrete curb; thence continue southwesterly along the back of said concrete curb for 38.82 feet to an iron pin; thence go southwesterly along the back of said concrete curb, being the arc of a curve to the right for 32.3 feet to an iron pin; thence go northwesterly along a line which is tangent to the northeasterly faces of two brick pillars for 30.0 feet to the most northerly corner of the most westerly pillar; thence go northwesterly for 9.37 feet to an iron pin; said iron pin marking the southeasterly extension of the back of a concrete curb; thence northwesterly along said extension for 10.74 feet to the back of a concrete curb; thence northwesterly along the back of said concrete and an extension thereof for 40.88 feet to a point on the southeasterly edge of Pearl Street; thence northeasterly along the southeasterly edge of Pearl Street for 94.78 feet to the point of beginning;
Being all and the same property conveyed by Warranty Deed from Reuben Lee Harper, Jr., to Prentiss Club, LLC, dated and filed June 14, 2007, in Book 24-A at Page 411, of the records of Adams County, Mississippi.
TOGETHER WITH:
TRACT 2:
From the intersection of the southeasterly line of Pearl Street with the southwesterly line of Jefferson Street, run southwesterly along the said southeasterly line of Pearl Street for 94.78 feet to the point of beginning.
Thence from the said point of beginning, continue southwesterly along the southeasterly line of Pearl Street for 2.25 feet; thence with a deflection angle to the left of 90 degrees 04' run 86.15 feet; thence with a deflection angle to the left of 40 degrees 13' run 6.03 feet; thence with a deflection angle to the left of 139 degrees 28' run 30.0 feet; thence with a deflection angle to the left of 10 degrees 31' run 9.37 feet; thence with a deflection angle to the right of 10 degrees 31' run 51.62 feet to the point of beginning.
Said property being a portion of Lot 3, Block 1, as shown on Tax Map No. 5, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi.
Being all and the same property conveyed by Warranty Deed from Reuben Lee Harper, Jr., to Prentiss Club, LLC, dated and filed June 14, 2007, in Book 24-A at Page 411, of the records of Adams County, Mississippi.
211 N Pearl St Natchez, MS 39120
ONLY TITLE TO THE REAL ESTATE IS BEING CONVEYED. PERSONAL PROPERTY MAY BE PRESENT BUT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE AUCTION.
BUYER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO PURCHASE ALL DRAPERY PRESENT IN PROPERTY AT THE TIME OF AUCTION FOR AN ADDITIONAL SUM OF $50,000 VIA BILL OF SALE. THIS AMOUNT SHALL BE DUE AND PAYABLE (UPON SIGNATURE OF THE CONTRACT UPON CLOSING?). BUYER UNDERSTANDS AND THAT IN THE EVENT BUYER DECIDES NOT TO PURCHASE SAID DRAPERY, SELLER SHALL HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMOVE THE DRAPERY FROM THE PROPERTY.
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