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Norman's chart of the lower Mississippi River is a historically significant map produced in 1858 of landmarks, roads, ferry crossings, and plantations along the course of the Mississippi River from Natchez to New Orleans. [1] [2] Cotton and sugar plantations are color-coded with distinct colors. [1] The lithographic map is based on cartography ...
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Mississippi that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
From Natchez, the cotton plantation system spread north into the Mississippi embayment region, and west along the rivers of Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas. In the antebellum years, nearly all plantations were developed with frontage on a river, for transportation. [7]
Printable version; In other projects ... Cotton plantations in Mississippi (9 P) H. ... Homewood Plantation (Natchez, Mississippi) L.
Lansdowne is a historic estate that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi. The property began as a 727-acre, antebellum, hunting estate - like the estates of the landed gentry in England. [2] [3] After the Civil War Lansdowne became a cotton plantation. Cotton, corn, sheep and cattle were ...
The plantation was established in 1823 by Dr Stephen Duncan (1787-1867), the wealthiest cotton planter and the second largest slaveowner in the Antebellum South. [3] [4] Cotton was the main cash crop grown here. [3] In 1835, William St. John Elliot purchased the plantation, who also owned D'Evereux.
The original 500 acres (200 ha) acres grew to a 2,000 acres (810 ha) working cotton plantation through various ownerships, circa 1774–1812, and 1845–1850. [ 2 ] Glenfield was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi in 1990.
From 1914 until the present, Brandon Hall Plantation has had ten owners. In 1987 the home was completely renovated and restored, perfectly duplicating the original construction. In 2009 the owners of the house, Edward L. and James R. Diefenthal of New Orleans, Louisiana, donated the house to the Historic Natchez Foundation. [2]