Arlington Shattered two Canvas Print

After learning of the disasterous fate of Arlington, I decided to visit the ruins and, hopefully, shine a spotlight on this significant architectural masterpiece, which may not survive.

Arlington was constructed in approximately 1819 for John Hampton White and his wife, Jane Surget White. Mr. White lived in the home only a short time, dying in the yellow fever epidemic on October 15, 1819. Mrs. White survived only until 1825. It is considered by architectural historians to be one of four important Federal Style villas which established the basic form for the later antebellum houses of Natchez.

It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and following a fire which occurred in 2002, it was placed on the list of 10 most endangered historic places by the Mississippi Heritage in 2009. Through the efforts of the Historic Natchez Foundation, a new roof was constructed shortly after the fire in an attempt to save the building. However, th...

Cheri Randolph was awarded a degree in Fine Arts from the University of New Orleans with a concentration in the study of Art History. She credits printmaker, Calvin Harlan , a UNO professor, as being quite influential in her composition techniques as well as painter, Ida Kohlmeyer with a better understanding of color. Pictorialism would best describe her current work, stylistically. Cheri has expressed her artistic talents in a variety of ways including; wheel-thrown pottery, quilting, vintage clothing restoration, interior decorative painting and photography. She is a resident of both the Houston Heights and historic New Orleans Uptown. A favorite quote is, "The bird of time has but a little way to flutter - and the bird is on the...