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Mammy's Cupboard (founded 1940) [1] is a roadside restaurant built in the shape of a mammy archetype, [1] located on US Highway 61 south of Natchez, Mississippi. The woman's skirt holds a dining room and a gift shop. [2] The skirt is made out of bricks, and the earrings are horseshoes. [3] She is holding a serving tray while smiling. [4]
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.
Char Restaurant, seen here on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 near Interstate 55 in Jackson, Miss., will be one of several restaurants that will be open during Thanksgiving.
The community was established at the crossroads of two popular travel routes: the north–south Jackson's Military Road, and the east–west Natchez to Fort St. Stephens Wagon Road. An inn was built, and in 1870, L.J. Davis built a store and hung a coffee pot over his door, advertising "the best hot coffee around".
As a Greek Revival mansion it is a contributing property to the Natchez On Top of the Hill Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [1] Magnolia Hall was built by Thomas Henderson, a wealthy merchant, planter and cotton broker. The home is one of the finest examples in Natchez of the Greek Revival style. [2]
Melrose, a Greek Revival-style mansion, is one of three properties to see at the Natchez National Historical Park. The historic site is large, spanning more than 80 acres.
Longwood (c. 1859), 140 Lower Woodville Road: 84 Glen Auburn (c. 1875), 300 S Commerce Street; built by Christian Schwartz, described as "probably the most outstanding of the post-Civil War houses" in the district and as "the best example of the Second Empire style in the state of Mississippi." [2]
Church Hill is a small unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. [2] It is located eight miles east of the Mississippi River and approximately 18 miles north of Natchez at the intersection of highway 553 and Church Hill Road. [3]