140 Lower Woodville Rd. Natchez, MS Circa 1859 but incomplete. 2.5-story octagonal home in Moorish style It is surrounded by a forest. About the last large home constructed pre-Civil War. Longwood is the largest octagonal house in the United States. Longwood was built for Dr. Haller Nutt (1816-1864) and Julia Augusta Williams Nutt (1822-1897) on 86 acres. They wed in 1840. His family owned Laurel Hill Plantation in JeffersonCo., MS. His father was Dr. Rush Nutt who was a phy

29 Learned's Mill Rd. Natchez, MS Original circa 1830 - 2-story wood & stucco/ rebuilt after fire in 1946-50 Magnolia Vale was built in the old, original part of Natchez called “Natchez Under-the-Hill.” This mansion is surrounded by a beautiful garden. Andrew Brown (1789-1871), Scottish native, arrived in Natchez in the late 1820s. He found work at a sawmill which was on the Magnolia Vale property. Purchasing the sawmill in 1828, he expanded the business as a lumber business

1106 S. Lamar Ave. Oxford, MS Circa 1858. 2-story Greek Revival style Located on S. Lamar Ave. the home was built by James Elihu Eades (1815-?) and Jane Ranklin Eades (1817-1906) in 1858. They wed in 1836. He was a merchant from Kentucky. Eades & Nelms was a dry goods store on Oxford Square in 1860. After the Civil War, Dr. John Thompson (1818-1875), the brother of Jacob Thompson, purchased the home with his wife Laura E. Hunt Thompson (1831-1903). The Thompson brothers resid

1 Bisland Rd. Natchez, MS Circa 1824 The home reflects the name - “a huge, comfortable, old-fashioned, country gentleman’s home.” Pine Ridge community and second oldest Bisland home in area William Bisland (1797-1847) and Mary Louisa Lavinia Witherspooon Bisland (1805-1873) built the mansion on land given by father John Bisland of Mount Airwell. They wed in 1820. Bisland was a planter. William's older brother owned Mistletoe. The author Elizabeth Bisland lived there. She w