A significant example of domestic Greek Revival architecture, the Verandah House was entered on the National Register of Historic Places on August 22, 1975. Described as “among the most historic structures in Alcorn County,” its significance derived both from its “association with locally prominent families” and with “several important Civil War figures” who resided there during two years of military occupations.
The National Register form frequently refers to the home as the Curlee House, after the family which owned the property from 1875 to 1882, and then again from 1921 to the 1960s when the Curlees donated the Verandah House to the City of Corinth for use as a library. Since that time it has been open to the public as a house museum.
Between 1884 and 1887, Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine ran a series of articles on the Civil War. These accounts of all the war’s major campaigns, written by veterans from both sides and of all ranks, were accompanied with over 1,700 illustrations. All this material was reworked into book form, and published in 1888 as the classic Battles and Leaders of the Civil War (B&L).
This pen image by artist/illustrator Walter J. Fenn, from a larger illustration entitled “Corinth Dwellings,” was drawn as part of the engraving process for B&L, from photographs taken in the mid 1880s. The original drawing is 18 ¾” by 13 3/16” and is signed W. J. Fenn. It appeared in the Century edition of October, 1886, and on Volume I, page 580 of B&L.
This pen image by artist/illustrator Walter J. Fenn, from a larger illustration entitled “Corinth Dwellings,” was drawn as part of the engraving process for B&L, from photographs taken in the mid 1880s. The original drawing is 18 ¾” by 13 3/16” and is signed W. J. Fenn. It appeared in the Century edition of October, 1886, and on Volume I, page 580 of B&L.
