A visit to Natchez Mississippi

 A visit to Natchez Mississippi

We are fortunate to have several beautiful Antebellum Homes to visit in Natchez due to the fact that the American Civil War never made it to Natchez. 

We enjoyed visiting several of the homes, some are now bed and breakfast establishments, some are museums, some are privately owned. 

Stanton Hall, is a carriage house, restaurant and lounge.  Due to various visitation times we were not able to go inside each house but outside shots are always available!

 

 

The Towers, is a privately owned mansion.  The owners offer tours but do not allow interior photos so we only have the outside of the home.

Longwood, a most unique home.  Built by Haller and Julia Nutt, it is an octagonal design.  Due to rising tensions over the civil war the house was never completed.  The family lived in the lowest level only, but the interesting viewing of the home is the unfinished floors and the grounds.



Looking up into the dome and other unfinished  rooms

 

Longwood construction just stopped. One day they were working and building and the next ... nothing!  Construction items were just left with workers expecting to come back the next day to continue.  There are also packing boxes stored in the unfinished portion of the house with the name of the family on them, like the piano box you will see below.

Outside is a shed with
tools, carts and other
items.

 

 

Here are some construction features of the house.



 

 Rosalie Mansion.  This home was occupied by the Union Army under General Walter Gresham who protected the house and its contents.  After the war the house was returned to the family intact.  Today it is maintained as a museum as well as an event center.  There have been many wedding services hosted in this beautiful setting.

 

Rosalie old time kitchen

 

 

 Rosalie yard and overlook of Mississippi

 

 

William Johnson Home.  William Johnson, born a slave, and freed at age eleven became a successful businessman.  He was born the son of a mulatto slave and although a free man he always walked a fine line between the full rights of a white citizen and the bondage of slavery.

 

 

Oak Hill Inn.  Recently restored by Douglas Mauro and Donald McGlynn is operated as a very beautiful Bed & Breakfast.

 

 

 

Dunleith .  A 19^th century mansion now a venue for weddings, parties, conferences  and other events.

 

Tags for the dinning room wallpaper.  There were 31 panels imported from France.

 

 

 

 

 

Auburn Antebellum Home boasts 12 rooms, built with solid brick, iconic columns, double galleries, and a free standing staircase.

 

 

 

 

 

We also toured  St. Mary’s Cathedral, the only church built as a cathedral in Mississippi.



 

 

 



 

 



 

 

 

More coming soon!

Jan 🌷🌷🐾🐾