NATCHEZ &8212; The owners of Rosalie now have another piece of the antebellum home&8217;s history.

The Daughters of the American Revolution got their first glimpse Thursday at a newly discovered set of house drawings that date to 1934. The drawings, the result of the Historic American Buildings Survey, were found this summer in the attic of a Chicago bookstore.

The store&8217;s new owner, historic preservation student Joe Rohl of Ohio, thought they might be of interest to the DAR and contacted Rosalie&8217;s Internet and marketing Chairman Penny Sanford Fikes.

Fikes presented the 9-page survey drawings to the other DAR members at annual Rosalie day Thursday.

&8220;That set of blueprints is going to teach us things,&8221; Fikes said.

The 18 by 24 inch drawings include architectural details from the wood joints that hold the house together to the gate on the house&8217;s grounds.

Another copy of the drawings is at the U.S. Library of Congress, but the Mississippi Department of Archives and History doesn&8217;t even have a copy, Fikes said. The set that somehow wound up in the Chicago attic was possibly supposed to be sent to the state in the 1930s, she said.

Rohl also found drawings of 15 other Mississippi structures including Natchez&8217;s D&8217;Evereux, Gloucester, Arlington, Linden and Hope Farm.

Since their discovery, several copies have been made, including one for Archives and History, but Rosalie now owns the original.

Rosalie Chairman for the Mississippi State Society of DAR Georgeane Easley said the prints would help Rosalie improve its historical accuracy.

&8220;Up until this discovery, all we had were little drawings people had done,&8221; she said. &8220;It&8217;s absolutely a treasure for Rosalie.&8221;

Fikes is working on plans to have Rohl visit Natchez and the house in the near future.

&8220;There&8217;s symbolism here in what Joe did for the ladies who are here today,&8221; she said. &8220;I&8217;m so proud that he had the love of history to e-mail us.&8221;

The DAR is also researching the names of several architects listed on the drawings, and Fikes said she feels sure one of them is a well-known architect.

Rosalie dates to 1820, but no original architects&8217; drawings exist. The DAR bought the house in 1938 for $14,000. Over the years they purchased the original furnishings from the owners and renovated the property.

The house is open for tours year round.