Murphey-Jennings House

The Murphey-Jennings House is a historic house in Sumner, Mississippi. It was built in 1904 Smith Murphey II, a planter who owned 26,000 acres of arable land.[2] Murphey was also the owner of a store in Sumner. After he died in 1904, his widow married Hugh Jackson Jennings, a planter and philanthropist who supported the Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis.[2] Her second husband died in 1921, and she died in 1962.[2]

Murphey-Jennings House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	307 Walnut Street, Sumner, Mississippi
Coordinates	33°58′01″N 90°22′10″W
Area	1.1 acres (0.45 ha)
Built	1904
Architect	Frank R. McGeoy
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Queen Anne
NRHP reference No.	82004632[1]
Added to NRHP	March 25, 1982

The house was designed by Frank R. McGeoy in the Queen Anne and Colonial Revival architectural styles.[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 25, 1982.[1]

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Murphey-Jennings House". National Park Service. Retrieved July 18, 2018. With accompanying pictures