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Magnolia Hall (Henderson-Britton House)
215 South Pearl St. (and Washington St.) Natchez, MS Circa 1858. Greek Revival and Italianate style. One of the last mansion built prior to Civil War. Image by Bob Cummings Magnolia Hall was constructed on the site of the previous Henderson home, Pleasant Hill. Pleasant Hill was moved a block south for the newer Magnolia home. The Henderson family had owned the land since 1815. Thomas Henderson. He was a cotton planter and banker. In 1866, the house was sold - owner unknow
Jay Brothers
Mar 142 min read
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Emile Sompayrac Place/ Cherokee/Murphy Place
Cane River Road Natchez, MS Circa 1837. French Colonial and Creole style. Cottage raised above ground with 36 pillars Built on an elevation on a elevated foundation. Marie Clarisse Prudhomme Sompayrec (1817-1908) married (Charles) Emile Somopayrec (1813-1878) in 1837, and Sompayrcc purchased the land from her family. Sompayrec's father Ambroise Sompayrec owned a horse track Natchiboches. Marie's father was Louis Narcisse Prudhomme and owned Narcisse Prudhomme Plantation. Her
Jay Brothers
Mar 141 min read
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Routhland (2)/ Dunleith/ Dunleith Historic Inn
84 Homochitts St. Natchez, MS Circa 1856. 2-story white mansion with 27 columned porches on all sides. In 1849, Gen. Charles G. Dahlgreen and the widow Mary Routh Dahlgreen built the mansion on her inherited family land. The new home stands on a Spanish land grant of 700 acres. The original home, Routhland by Job Routh, had been built in the 1790s and was burned by lightning strike fire in 1855. Mary was their daughter. After Mary passed in 1859, Dahlgreen sold Routhland (2)
Jay Brothers
Mar 132 min read
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Myrtle Terrace
310 North Pearl St. Natchez, MS Circa 1844-1851. Colonial cottage. In 1844, Nathaniel Loomis Carpenter (1805-1892) and Julia Ann Luce Carpenter (1807-1871) purchased the property and built Myrtle Terrace. They wed in 1837. A Vermont native, he was a builder by trade and \invested in a line of steamboats, a cotton trading business (Natchez Batting Mill and Natchez Cotton Mills) and got involved in Natchez affairs. The Carpenter family also owned Dunlieth Plantation. The Carp
Jay Brothers
Mar 132 min read
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