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Windsor Ruins are in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States, about 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Port Gibson near Alcorn State University. The ruins consist of 23 standing Corinthian columns of the largest antebellum Greek Revival mansion ever built in the state. [4] The mansion stood from 1861 to 1890, when it was destroyed by fire.
Windsor Mansion ruins. The columns were all that remained of a grand mansion near Port Gibson, used as a lookout post by both Union and Confederate forces during the Civil War, which burned to the ground in 1890 after a guest left a lighted cigar on the balcony. Author: Carol M. Highsmith: Photographer: Width: 6,179 px: Height: 4,901 px: Bits ...
Windsor Ruins is possibly one of the best-known landmarks in Mississippi. The 23 Corinthian columns located near Port Gibson are the remains of what was once the largest antebellum home in the state.
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This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.
Defunct universities and colleges in Mississippi (1 C) ... Windsor Ruins This page was last edited on 25 August 2017, at 03:44 (UTC). ...
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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