SPRING PILGRIMAGE

Federal style antebellum home situated among lush rolling lawns, a reflective pond, and expressive oak trees. Sweet Auburn’s property includes multiple historic sites on one property, a cemetery, Monette’s library, and a medical office.

Oak Hill, voted one of the winners in the TripAdvisor Traveler’s Choice Awards 8 times, boasts beautiful gardens and fountains around the property. Come experience the lovely Oak Hill Inn with unique period antiques in every room.

The facade of Rip Rap features one of Natchez’s grandest residential essays in Italianate style with its cast-iron gallery arcades and decorative window cornices. Surrounded by graceful live oaks, Rip Rap was constructed in the mid-1830s for successful Natchez merchant Benjamin Wade and his wife, Zelia Robitaille Wade.

Ravenna built in 1835-1836 by the contracting firm of Neibert & Gemmell for successful entrepreneur William Harris, was one of the first examples of residential Greek Revival designs to be attempted in Natchez, MS. Come enjoy a tour of one of the original Natchez Pilgrimage featured homes!

Pleasant Hill, built by John Henderson, a native of Scotland, who settled here in the late 1700s, is a lovely example of classic Greek Revival architecture. The expansive main floor back Gallery and ground floor Loggia overlook the beautiful rear garden.

The grandest building of the Natchez Colonial period, Concord Quarters is the only freestanding slave dwelling in the state of Mississippi that’s listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Richmond sits on 100+ acres of land within the city limits of Natchez. The entrance driveway is the one used by the Levin Marshall family and its guests for over 190 years and reveals a stunning approach to the home.

The Burn is one of Natchez’s earliest examples of the Greek Revival style. Built by John Walworth, this three-story home is known for its semi-spiral staircase in the central hall.

Routhland boasts of unusual architecture and houses some of the finest antiques. Generous grounds shaded by century-old oaks and cypress, form a picturesque path to the entrance. The wide gallery, with white pillars entwined with century-old Southern Jasmine, bids a friendly reception.

One of the oldest homes in Natchez, Airlie is an important example of an early Planters Home of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Like most early Natchez homes, Airlie is long and low and generously shaded by galleries on the front and rear.

As constructed in 1851, Bontura was a simple, Greek Revival brick townhouse with typical side-hall plan. The picturesque double-tiered cast-iron gallery is a late 19th-century addition. An outstanding feature of the property is the rear carriage house with an arcade of carriage openings.

Lansdowne has been occupied by descendants of the original builder since its inception.  Mid-nineteenth-century Zuber wallpaper adorns the parlor with its intricate designs and delicate colors. At the entrance of Lansdowne, wide steps rise from a brick pavement, flanked by aged carriage mounting blocks.

Standing in greatness on a hillock overlooking the Natchez Trace, Brandon Hall has been restored to its once magnificent splendor. Built by Gerard Brandon III, whose father in 1825, became the first native-born governor of Mississippi.

The Banker’s House was built in 1838 by Levin Marshall and attached to the Commercial Bank of which he was the President. Recently renovated, The Banker’s House is a high quality example of pure Greek Revival architecture.

Stately Greek Revival Mansion surrounded by historic gardens, Green Leaves is one of the great Natchez houses where succeeding generations of a single family have carefully preserved the original furnishings and extensive family memorabilia that dates to the mid 1800s. Step back in time and experience over 170 years of Natchez history!