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In 1926, it was purchased by J. Balfour Miller and his wife, Katherine Grafton Miller, [2] who founded the Natchez Pilgrimage and promoted Natchez as the epitome of the Old South. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] After Katherine Miller's death in 1983, the home and all of its furnishings was purchased by Ethel Green Banta, a Natchez native and the daughter of a ...
The Holy Family Catholic Church Historic District, in Natchez, Mississippi, is a 9.2-acre (3.7 ha) historic district that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1995. Its most significant building is the Holy Family Church, the first African-American Catholic church in the state, dedicated in 1894 and staffed by ...
Natchez (/ ˈ n æ tʃ ɪ z / NATCH-iz) is the only city in and the county seat of Adams County, Mississippi, United States.The population was 14,520 at the 2020 census. [3] Located on the Mississippi River across from Vidalia, Louisiana, Natchez was a prominent city in the antebellum years, a center of cotton planters and Mississippi River trade.
Location of Adams County in Mississippi. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Adams County, Mississippi. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided ...
Stanton Hall, also known as Belfast, is a Greek Revival mansion within the Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District at 401 High Street in Natchez, Mississippi.Built in the 1850s, it is one of the most opulent antebellum mansions to survive in the southeastern United States.
The Balfours sold Homewood to Mr. and Mrs. William J. Kaiser of Natchez in 1907. [2] [7] The Kaisers ran a dairy farm on the plantation. [2] Some scenes from the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation were made on the grounds and porches of Homewood. [6] Beginning in 1932 Homewood became well known, because it was on the annual Natchez Pilgrimage ...
NATCHEZ, Miss.– At least four people died as tornadoes and storms tore across the South over the weekend, impacting communities from Texas to North Carolina.. One of those losses was TyKeria ...
Great Temple on Mound C and the Sun Chiefs cabin, drawn by Alexandre de Batz in the 1730s. According to archaeological excavations, the area has been continuously inhabited by various cultures of indigenous peoples since the 8th century A.D. [1] The original site of Natchez was developed as a major village with ceremonial platform mounds, built by people of the prehistoric Plaquemine culture ...