I. T. Montgomery House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Mississippi Landmark
I. T. Montgomery House (circa 1980)
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Location	302 West Main Street, Mound Bayou, Mississippi, U.S.
Coordinates	33°52′37.25″N90°43′43.6″W / 33.8770139°N 90.728778°W /33.8770139; -90.728778
Built	1910 (1910)
NRHP reference No.	76001092
USMS No.	011-MBU-0001-NHL-ML
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	May 11, 1976[2]
Designated NHL	May 11, 1976[3]
Designated USMS	August 13, 2003[1]

TheI. T. Montgomery House is a historic house on 302 West Main Street inMound Bayou, Mississippi, United States. Built in 1910, it was the home ofIsaiah Montgomery (1847–1924), a former slave ofJefferson Davis who was instrumental in founding Mound Bayou, one of the first economically successful towns established by freed slaves.

It was declared aNational Historic Landmark in 1976,^[3][4] and aMississippi Landmark in 2003.^[1]

The I.T. Montgomery House is located in an residential area south of the Mound Bayou town center, on the west side of South Main Avenue midway between Green Street West and West South Street. It is a two-story brick building, with a hip roof and an elevated brick foundation. It has a single-story porch extending across its front, with a hip roof supported by sloped square Doric columns set on brick piers. The porch is reached by a long stair with a right-angle turn. Sections project from several of the house's sides, capped by gables with deep eaves.^[4]

Isaiah Thomas Montgomery was a leading figure in the founding of Mound Bayou, one of Mississippi's most successful communities established by slaves freed by theAmerican Civil War. He and a cousin, both former slaves from the plantation of Confederate PresidentJefferson Davis, had been part of an unsuccessful attempt to establish such a community at one corner ofDavis's plantation. After a railroad line was built through Bolivar County in the 1880s, this land, granted to the railroad, was considered a more suitable site for such a settlement. Montgomery was instrumental in recruiting settlers and helping to build the new community, which was given a town charter by the state in 1912. This house was built for Montgomery in 1910, and was his home until his death.^[4]

After Montgomery's death in 1924, the home was used as a private residence; and later used by nurses, and teachers.^[5]

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• National Historic Landmarks in Mississippi
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• Mississippi Landmarks
• National Register of Historic Places in Bolivar County, Mississippi
• Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi
• Mound Bayou, Mississippi
• Montgomery family (Mississippi)

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