Waverley (West Point, Mississippi) facts for kids

Waverley
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
U.S. National Historic Landmark
Waverley in 1975
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Nearest city	West Point, Mississippi
Built	1840
Architect	Multiple
Architectural style	Octagon Mode
NRHP reference No.	73001004
Quick facts for kids Significant dates
Added to NRHP	September 20, 1973
Designated NHL	May 30, 1974

Waverley is a mansion, formerly a plantation house and now a historic house museum, in Clay County, Mississippi, ten miles east of West Point. Built in the 1838, it is architecturally unique among Mississippi's antebellum mansions for its enormous octagonal cupola. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973.