List of plantations in Mississippi explained

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.[1] [2] [3]

Color keyHistoric register listing
National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
Contributing property to a National Register of Historic Places historic district
Not listed on national or state register
NRHP reference numberNameImageLocalityCountyNotes
Annandale PlantationMadison
32.5155°N -90.1856°W
MadisonBuilt from 1857 to 1859 by Margaret Louisa Thompson Johnstone. It burned down in 1924.
74001047AuburnNatchez
31.5451°N -91.3929°W
Adams
71000448BeauvoirBiloxi
30.3925°N -88.8628°W
HarrisonThe last residence of Jefferson and Varina Davis.
72000702Belmont PlantationWayside
33.169°N -91.159°W
WashingtonThe mansion was built in 1857 by W.W. Worthington.
78001576Bedford PlantationNatchezAdams
93000145BlantoniaLormanJefferson
Brierfield PlantationDavis Bend
32.1532°N -91.1209°W
WarrenBuilt 1847 by Jefferson Davis adjacent to his older brother's Hurricane Plantation; destroyed by fire in 1931.
83000949Cherry Grove PlantationNatchezAdams
82003089China Grove PlantationLorman, MississippiJeffersonBuilt in 1826 by Willis McDonald (a Revolutionary War veteran)
80002193Cliffs PlantationNatchezAdams
85002721CliftonHowardHolmes
87000543Desert PlantationWoodvilleWilkinson
72000684DunleithNatchez
31.5497°N -91.3991°W
Adams
77000786Evergreen PlantationGrenadaGrenada
82003121Forest HomeCentrevilleWilkinson
80002229Forestdale PlantationPachuta, MississippiClarke
79003380Glen MaryNatchez, MississippiAdams
89002322Glenfield PlantationNatchezAdamsBuilt in two distinct architectural periods 1797-1840s, this English Gothic estate rest on the original 150 acres Spanish land grant and witnessed a civil war skirmish on the grounds with a bullet hole through the original door denoting this fact.
99000499Glenwild
96001313Holly GroveBoltonHinds
Homewood PlantationNatchezAdamsBuilt from 1855 to 1860 by William S. Balfour, son of William L. Balfour, and his wife Catherine Hunt, daughter of David Hunt. Burned in 1940.
Hurricane PlantationDavis Bend
32.1668°N -91.1482°W
WarrenBuilt 1827 by Joseph Davis, older brother of Jefferson Davis. All primary structures except for the library pavilion (pictured) were burned in 1862 by Federal troops.
78001581LansdowneNatchez
31.5844°N -91.3631°W
AdamsBuilt in 1852-53 by George Matthews Marshall, son of Levin R. Marshall, and his wife Charlotte Hunt, daughter of David Hunt. Often open for tours.
82000569Laurel Hill PlantationNatchezAdams
91001893Lenoir Plantation HousePrairieMonroe
86000331LochinvarPontotoc
34.2156°N -89.0061°W
96000180Long MossCantonMadison
69000079LongwoodNatchez
31.5367°N -91.4047°W
Adams
07000648McGehee PlantationSenatobia
96000189Theodore L. McGehee Plantation HouseSummit
82003101McNair PlantationRaymond
01000946Meadow Woods Plantation HouseStarkville
74002253MelroseNatchez
31.5432°N -91.383°W
Adams
82004630Miller PlantationOlive Branch
73001001MonmouthNatchez
31.5528°N -91.3862°W
Adams
02000354Dossey A. Outlaw PlantationStarkville, Mississippi
80002227Lang PlantationLangsdale
94001305Prairie PlantationClarksdale
80002221Riverside PlantationEnterpriseClarke
83000970Salisbury PlantationWilkinson
Smedes PlantationOnwardSharkey
00001400Sedgewood PlantationCanton, Mississippi
89000207Selma PlantationNatchezAdams
71000454Springfield PlantationFayetteJefferson
73001004WaverleyWest Point
33.571°N -88.5002°W
Clay
Weir SpringsGrenada
33.8054°N -89.7038°W
Grenada1840, Knight-Weir, demolished
71000447WindsorPort GibsonClaiborneRuins of a plantation house built 1859–61 for Smith Coffee Daniell II. It was three and a half stories high, then topped by a large cupola. It was one of the largest antebellum mansions ever built in the South. It burned down on February 17, 1890.
78001605Woodland PlantationChurch HillJefferson
85001168Wyolah PlantationChurch HillJefferson

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Notes and References

  1. "How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation " (PDF), National Register Bulletins, National Park Service; retrieved March 22, 2007.
  2. Web site: National Park Service . National Park Service . April 2007 . National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State . 2007-05-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070609212946/http://www.cr.nps.gov/nhl/designations/Lists/LIST07.pdf . 2007-06-09.
  3. Web site: National Park Service . National Park Service . National Historic Landmark Program: NHL Database . https://web.archive.org/web/20040606195612/http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/default.cfm . dead. 2004-06-06 . 2007-08-14 .