Fulton Board Gives OK to Seek Gaither House Bids

FULTON, Miss. (AP) — The city of Fulton is seeking bids for interior work at the Gaither House, one of the area’s oldest homes.

U.S. District Judge Sharion Aycock, chairwoman of the Gaither House Committee, tells a local newspaper about $30,000 is set aside for restoring the interior of the Civil War era house.

Aycock says most of the money is a holdover from the $61,000 grant from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.

Built in 1859 by Pleasant Cates, the house is an example of the raised planters’ cottage with Greek Revival details. Cates called the house “The Cedars” in reference to the line of cedar trees on the property.

In 1901, William “Bill” Gaither acquired the property and his descendants lived in the home until 2007.