This small raised basement cottage was built by General Thomas Polk, brother of the “Fighting Bishop” Leonidas Polk and cousins to President James K. Polk. In 1839 the home was purchased by Reverend Colly Foster, the originator of the towns Episcopal Church, for just $1500. The property was then returned to the Polk family in 1849 but in the early 1900’s Oscar Johnson purchased the home along with two others and made them into guest homes for his many out of town guests. He hired renowned architect Theodore Link, who designed the Mississippi State Capitol, to make all of the homes look more similar.