2261 Bouie Mill Rd. NW, Brookhaven, Mississippi. County/parish: Lincoln.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places June 27, 1997. NRIS 97000632.
2 contributing buildings.
The Paxton House is a historic house near Brookhaven, Mississippi. It was built as a dogtrot house in 1831 by Benjamin Paxton, and extended in 1858. Paxton lived here with his wife, née Frances Lofton. He owned more than 1013 acres, and he died in 1872. The house was inherited by his descendants. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 27, 1997.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73891657