The Garner Green House is considered one of the last turn-of-the century Neoclassical mansions that once lined North State Street. Due to its being threatened by demolition, several local individuals and organizations campaigned for its survival. It was physically moved from across the street to its present location in 1983.
Built in 1910, this house (originally located at 647 N. State Street) was designed by Jackson architect, Emmet Hull, on behalf of Garner W. Green, a prominent timber and oil attorney residing in Jackson. Over the following 75 years, the house served as the stately home of the Green family and later as an antique store. A distinguished pioneer family, the Greens have been pivotal in the history of Jackson for five generations. The Greens were one of five or six families who developed Jackson in the early 1830’s. One of Mr. Green’s five children, Winifred Green Cheney, noted cook and author, relates that Mr. Green loved nature so much that he would never let Mrs. Green disturb the very active beehive in the large right front column of the house. Mrs. Cheney says that she believes that column must still be full of honey.
A fire in 1984 burned the rear porch and severely charred the adjacent siding, ceilings and roof structure. The significance of the Garner-Green House to Jackson’s past and its nomination to the National Register of Historic Places made rehabilitation and restoration the prime objective.
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Garner Green House
