Mazique – West House

This house was owned by the Mazique and West families, whose ancestors were formerly enslaved. In 1919, Alexander Mazique Jr. purchased the house from the Byrne family to serve as a townhouse to provide his children with better educational access. In 1966, George and Artimese West purchased the house, which was located near the business, West Funeral Home. George West was a major figure in the civil rights movement. He became the first African American elected to the Natchez Board of Aldermen since Reconstruction, and his wife later served as the city’s first African American alderwoman.