With Natchez on our agenda today, we started by stopping at the visitor center to get a plan together. Our tour begins with one of the most noted homes in Natchez, Stanton Hall. Even the entrance hall in this home was unbelievable. It had 1600 square feet in it. Ceilings on the main floor were 17’ and the second floor was 14’. No photos were allowed in any of these homes but, I really want to show the crown molding. It appeared to be close to 18” in depth. Stanton was truly impressive.
Across town to Rosalie. This house was the Union headquarters here during the civil war (war of northern aggression). Its location had an unencumbered view of the Mississippi River. The Yankees even liked this house. They didn’t do any damage to it.
Longwood is the largest octagonal home in the US. It was to have nearly 30,000 square feet but the war began and the house stopped construction, since the workers dropped their tools and return to their Pennsylvania homes. The family took up residence in the basement and remained there for over 30 years. They lived there in only 10,000 square feet. This is a home to look up and see more of its history. The reason that the home was never finished is that the 42,000 acres of cotton generating land across the river in Louisiana became unmanageable without slaves.
Dunleith to us was the most beautiful of all on the exterior, columns and porches all around. Set on a knoll, it is very stately. We did not get to tour this home today. Our goal is to try and get back to it before we head home.
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