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The Beauvoir estate, built in Biloxi, Mississippi, along the Gulf of Mexico, was the post-war home (1876–1889) of the former President of the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis. The National Park Service designated the house and plantation as a National Historic Landmark. Samuel Dorsey, a planter, purchased the estate in 1873.
The Jefferson Davis Presidential Library and Museum is the library of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865. Designed by Larry Albert of Albert & Associates Architects, the library is located within the Beauvoir historical site in Biloxi, Mississippi, United States. [1] [2]
Thomas and Melinda Benton House: Thomas and Melinda Benton House: August 9, 2002 : 14115 Rippy Road: Gulfport: Constructed circa 1870, private ownership 5: Biloxi Downtown Historic District: Biloxi Downtown Historic District
Built 1847 by Jefferson Davis adjacent to his older brother's Hurricane Plantation; destroyed by fire in 1931. [citation needed] 83000949 Cherry Grove Plantation: Natchez: Adams: 82003089 China Grove Plantation: Lorman, Mississippi: Jefferson: Built in 1826 by Willis McDonald (a Revolutionary War veteran) [citation needed] 80002193 Cliffs ...
Biloxi: Tomb of the Unknown Confederate Soldier; Beauvoir, the post-war home of Jefferson Davis, contains many monuments including: President Jefferson Davis and Sons (2008), a life-size bronze statue by sculptor Gary Casteel and commissioned by the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of ...
The following are approximate tallies of current listings by county. These counts are based on entries in the National Register Information Database as of March 13, 2009 [3] and new weekly listings posted since then on the National Register of Historic Places web site. [4]
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Though his primary residence in the final decade of his life was at Beauvoir, the house and farm he had inherited near Biloxi, Jefferson Davis spent much of the remaining years of his life attempting to make Brierfield profitable again. Still, fluctuating cotton prices, floods, and the cost of free (no longer enslaved) labor now denied him the ...