Near Hutchins Landing Road, 0.2 miles east of Hillside Plantation Road, on the right when traveling east.
[Top plaque] United Methodist Historic Site No. 80
[Bottom plaque] This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior — — Map (db m243643) HM
On Trails End Road west of North Palestine Road, on the right when traveling south.
"Soldiers Retreat," located here, was the home of Ferdinand Leigh and Magdaline Claiborne. F.L. Claiborne (1772-1815) moved to the Mississippi Territory from Virginia in 1807 and served as Brig. Gen. with the 1st Mississippi Volunteers during the . . . — — Map (db m105260) HM
On Main Street at North Wall Street, on the right when traveling north on Main Street.
(side 1)
One of the deadliest fires in American history took the lives of over 200 people, including bandleader Walter Barnes and nine members of his dance orchestra at the Rhythm Club (less than a mile southeast of this site) on April 23, . . . — — Map (db m70811) HM
On St. Catherine Street, 0.2 miles west of McCabe Street, on the left when traveling west.
The 1928 Natchez City Directory lists Italian immigrant Sam Anzalone as operating a grocery store at 158-160 St. Catherine Street where he sold gasoline for 21 cents a gallon. Many of the late- nineteenth-century Italian immigrants farmed and sold . . . — — Map (db m114509) HM
On St. Catherine Street, 0.1 miles west of Orange Street, on the right when traveling west.
. Eliza Smith, an antebellum "free woman of color," purchased property on St. Catherine Street in the 1850s. Her daughters and their families built new houses on the property in the 1880s.28 St. Catherine Street (above) was the ca. 1885 home of . . . — — Map (db m108276) HM
On Martin Luther King Street at St. Catherine Street & Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north on Martin Luther King Street.
300 North Martin Luther King Street (above) is home to the city's oldest funeral business.Robert D. Mackel (below) opened Bluff City Undertaking in 1898 at the corner of Jefferson and North Rankin Streets. About 1911 he relocated the business to . . . — — Map (db m108600) HM
On South Canal Street south of D.A. Biglane Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Stietenroth House is the last remaining example of a
number of residential buildings that once lined the western side
of South Canal Street. In the late 1800s and early 1900s,
Natchez families and real estate developers constructed . . . — — Map (db m196178) HM
Near Jeff Davis Boulevard north of South Temple Road, on the right when traveling north.
The Abandoned Mound (designated “Mound A”) remains a mystery. Numerous French colonial narratives describe the other two mounds at the Grand Village but fail to mention this mound. The Natchez Indians apparently stopped using this mound . . . — — Map (db m114672) HM
On State Street east of South Wall Street, on the left when traveling east.
”Lest we forget – lest we forget”
To the boys who wore the grey.
Erected by the Natchez Chapter No. 304
Daughters of the Confederacy
January 19, 1950
Commemorating those who left from
Natchez and Adams County
Mustered . . . — — Map (db m127098) WM
On Cemetery Road, 0.8 miles north of Maple Street, on the right when traveling north.
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that . . . — — Map (db m144113) HM WM
On St. Catherine Street west of Sixth Street, on the left when traveling west.
The Union School (above) was the first public school built by the City of Natchez for African American students. Built in 1871 by contractor P. E. Willman, the Union School was a grand brick edifice which stood at the southeast corner of North . . . — — Map (db m115615) HM
On St. Catherine Street east of Junkin Street, on the right when traveling west.
Professional dealers, traffickers and speculators, by purchase, by hook, crook and sometimes outright kidnapping, tore apart mothers, fathers, daughters, sons, brothers, sisters, uncles, aunts, cousins, babies, young children, relations and friends . . . — — Map (db m114508) HM
On Franklin Street at North Wall Street, on the left when traveling east on Franklin Street.
Site of the printery of “father of Mississippi journalism.” Printed first book in state, 1799. Became first public printer and in 1802 founded famed newspaper, “Mississippi Herald.” — — Map (db m70851) HM
Near Duncan Avenue west of Duncan Park Road, on the left when traveling west.
has been designated a National Historic Landmark
This site possesses national significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America
1975
National Park Service
United States Department of the Interior
[Second . . . — — Map (db m243744) HM
On South Canal Street at D A Biglane Street, on the right when traveling south on South Canal Street.
Don Bernardo de Gαlvez, Spanish Governor of Louisiana, 1776-1783, in a brilliant campaign, with the aid of regular troops, militia, volunteers, and a few Americans, captured Baton Rouge from the British on September 21, 1779. Terms included the . . . — — Map (db m76211) HM
On Cemetery Road, 0.2 miles north of Maple Street, on the right when traveling north.
Jackson State University was founded here in 1877 in the former U.S. Marine Hospital. Known as the Natchez Seminary, the school was founded by the American Baptist Home Mission Society and the Mississippi Baptist Convention Association led by H.P. . . . — — Map (db m143710) HM
On South Union Street north of Main Street, on the right when traveling north.
In 2012, the Diocese of Jackson celebrates the 175th anniversary of its founding by Pope Gregory XVI. The Bishop's Prayer Garden, located on the old catholic burial ground, is dedicated in this year to the seven deceased Bishops of Natchez who . . . — — Map (db m115630)
Near S. Broadway Street south of Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
The Richard Wright historic marker recognizes the citys most famous 20th-century writer. Born in 1908 on a cotton plantation near Natchez, Wright spent his early childhood in town in the home of his grandparents at 20 East Woodlawn . . . — — Map (db m87176) HM
Near S. Broadway Street south of Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
When the Spanish laid out the town of Natchez about 1790, they set aside land on the bluff for use as a public park. In 1839, after the city had sold off most of the park and built Broadway Street, writer Joseph Holt Ingraham complained . . . — — Map (db m87177) HM
On North Broadway at Franklin Street, on the right when traveling south on North Broadway.
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley
Railroad built the passenger station on
the bluff shortly after 1910, and the
Illinois Central Railroad was the last
railroad to own it. Like many smal
towns across America, Natchez lost
passenger . . . — — Map (db m118303) HM
Near N. Broadway Street north of Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
Bontura, built in 1851, was the home of Robert Smith, a free African American who ran the citys most successful carriage business in the 1850s. The house stands at the head of Silver Street, which leads to Natchez Under-the-Hill. Smith . . . — — Map (db m87179) HM
Near South Canal Street near John R. Junkin Drive (U.S. 84/425), on the right when traveling south.
This circle of wooden columns sat astride a major road and held the booths where drivers paid their tolls to cross the first bridge that connected Natchez, Mississippi and Vidalia, Louisiana. It opened to traffic on September 26, 1940. . . . — — Map (db m137181) HM
On Main Street east of North Pearl Street, on the right when traveling west.
(side 1)
Clarence “Bud” Scott, Sr., led one of the most popular dance bands in the Mississippi-Louisiana region for several decades beginning around 1900. Scott (1876-1938), a lifelong Natchez resident, was renowned among both . . . — — Map (db m70852) HM
Near Jeff Davis Boulevard east of Temple Road, on the right.
Archaeological and historical evidence indicates that the Grand Village of Natchez Indians was not really a "village." It was the main ceremonial mound center for the Natchez Indians during the period of French exploration and colonization of the . . . — — Map (db m104481) HM
On North Dr. Martin Luther King Street at St. Catherine Street, on the right on North Dr. Martin Luther King Street.
The original appearance of Mt. Sinai Baptist Church is visible in a ca. 1930 historic photograph. The church featured corner towers crowned with domes.Mt. Sinai organized in 1913 and built the church soon afterwards. Like most historic African . . . — — Map (db m108636) HM
On Main Street at South Canal Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
Built ca. 1836, this structure, a National Historic Landmark, is a fine example of the Greek Revival style. A Bankers House attached to the rear insured security & gives the structure an unusual and practical plan. — — Map (db m79346) HM
Near Jeff Davis Boulevard east of South Temple Road.
War with the French forced the Natchez Indians to abandon the Grand Village and their other settlements. The war arose from disputes between the Indians and the French over debts and land ownership. In 1729, the Natchez abruptly switched their . . . — — Map (db m108778) HM
On Lissie Street/Old Cotton Street, 0.2 miles north of Liberty Road, on the right when traveling north.
Mrs. Egbert Jones and Mrs. Ferriday Byrnes, members of the Mississippi State Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), played important roles in the development of the Natchez Trace Parkway. Mrs. Jones, of Holly Springs, State Regent 1906 . . . — — Map (db m42629) HM
On St. Catherine Street near 6th Street, on the left when traveling west.
Henry Dumas poses on the front steps of 69 St. Catherine Street. Henry managed the Dumas Pharmacy at 707-09 Franklin Street, a building that also housed the medical practice and sanitarium of his brother Dr. Albert W. Dumas, Sr. In 1940 Dr. Dumas . . . — — Map (db m115637) HM
On Saint Catherine Street east of Abbott Street, on the right when traveling west.
Home of the first African American Physician in the Natchez area, Built in the 1880's Has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of Interior. — — Map (db m226651) HM
On St. Catherine Street west of Orange Street, on the right when traveling west.
The Dr. John Banks House was built in the Queen Anne style about 1890 and was slightly remodeled in the Colonial Style after about 1905. Frank Robinson, grandson of Dr. John Banks, retired part time to Natchez and restored the house in the . . . — — Map (db m106297) HM
Near N. Broadway Street north of Main Street, on the right when traveling south.
(Front Side)
The Ealey family of Sibley has produced some of the most talented musicians to emerge from the Natchez area. Brothers Theodis, YZ, and Melwyn Ealey performed together locally in the band YZ Ealey and the Merry Makers in the . . . — — Map (db m87181) HM
On Liberty Road at Devereux Drive, on the right when traveling north on Liberty Road.
In 1863 the United States War Department painted a master stroke with the implementation of the Anaconda Plan which called for blockading of over 3,400 miles of coastline and control of the Mississippi River.
The Plan was successful in its mission . . . — — Map (db m199604) HM
On Liberty Road at St Catherine Street and Devereaux Drive (Business U.S. 61), on the left when traveling north on Liberty Road.
Site of the South's second largest slave market in the 19th century. Enslaved people were also once sold on city streets and at the landing at Natchez Under the Hill. Natchez slaves were freed in July, 1863, when Union troops occupied the city. The . . . — — Map (db m37433) HM
On Liberty Road near Devereux Drive, on the right when traveling north.
A
half century before the United States legally
abolished the importation of "slaves" directly from
Africa in 1807, the northeastern colonies of Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland and Virginia were engaged . . . — — Map (db m199601) HM
On Liberty Road south of St. Catherine St. (U.S. 61), on the right when traveling north.
[Panel 1:]
Natchez in the Center of Slavery
Slavery is central to American history. The labor of enslaved African Americans built much of the nations wealth and enabled it to gain its economic independence. The enslavement of people . . . — — Map (db m41533) HM
Near Orleans Street near South Canal Street (Business U.S. 84).
On bluff to south stood Ft. Rosalie, established by the French in 1716. Became nucleus of settlements from which the Miss. Territory was founded. Near this marker stood the French warehouse that was a center of bloodshed during the Natchez Massacre . . . — — Map (db m126870) HM
On South Canal Street near D A Biglane Street, on the right when traveling south.
In 1940, Natchez native Jefferson Davis Dickson built a
"reconstruction" of Fort Rosalie as a tourism attraction to
appeal to the city's early automobile-driving visitors. A World
War I flying ace and sports promoter, Dickson built several . . . — — Map (db m196846) HM
On Canal Street near Green Street, on the right when traveling south.
English: French retaliation for the uprising was swift. In 1730, the French engaged with Choctaw warriors to pin down the Natchez in two fortifications that they had constructed near the Grand Village ceremonial mound site while . . . — — Map (db m138005) HM
On D A Biglane Street at South Canal Street, on the right when traveling east on D A Biglane Street.
Occupied 1716-circa 1800 by successive French, British, Spanish and American garrisons during struggle for control of the Miss. River Valley. Nucleus of early settlements in the Natchez District.
Mississippi Department of Archives and . . . — — Map (db m126797) HM
On Lower Woodville Road, 0.5 miles south of John R. Junkin Road (U.S. 84), on the right when traveling south.
Here are buried the families of Winthrop Sargent, 1st Gov. of the Mississippi Territory, and Seargent S. Prentiss, Congressman. "Let no monumental marble deface with its mock dignity the patriot's grave." — — Map (db m103804) HM
On St. Catherine Street near Old D'Evereux Street, on the left when traveling west.
Louis and Anna Alexander resided in the craftsman style cottage (above) at 17 St. Catherine Street.Until his death in the late 1940s, Louis Alexander worked at the historic mansion Melrose for George and Ethel Kelly. He died during a trip to . . . — — Map (db m115953) HM
On Jeff Davis Boulevard east of South Temple Road, on the right when traveling east.
Of the six mounds identified on the early 18th-century maps of the Grand Village, three remain. Mound A is now eroding into St. Catherine Creek. Mound B is a pyramidal platform mound, roughly seven feet tall, built in four stages. Each stage served . . . — — Map (db m103758) HM
Near Jeff Davis Boulevard near South Temple Road, on the right when traveling east.
The Natchez Indians used the open area between the Great Sun's Mound and the Temple Mound for religious and social ceremonies. In 1725, the funeral ceremonies for the Tattooed Serpent, brother of the Great Sun, were held on this plaza.
Le Page Du . . . — — Map (db m110549) HM
Near Jeff Davis Boulevard north of South Temple Road, on the right when traveling north.
Eyewitness accounts of American Indians using ceremonial mound centers are very rare. In 1704, French colonists witnessed the funeral rites for a female Natchez chief at the Grand Village. The Natchez held a similar funeral ceremony here in 1725 . . . — — Map (db m114668) HM
Near Jeff Davis Boulevard south of South Temple Road, on the right when traveling north.
The Natchez chief called the Great Sun lived in a house on Mound B. The Jesuit missionary Pierre- Franηois-Xavier de Charlevoix wrote that the Natchez houses were square or rectangular in floor plan with mud walls plastered on a wooden frame. Roofs . . . — — Map (db m114666) HM
On St. Catherine Street west of Liberty Road, on the left when traveling west.
Pre-Civil War St. Catherine Street The road, for the first mile, after leaving town, passed through a charming country, seen at intervals, and between long lines of unpainted, wretched looking dwellings, occupied as 'groggeries' by free . . . — — Map (db m106918) HM
On Saint Catherine Street west of Orange Avenue, on the left when traveling west.
First Catholic church in the Mississippi valley with entire congregation of Afro-American descent. Its school has been continually educating youth since 1890. — — Map (db m103798) HM
On St. Catherine Street at Orange Avenue, on the right when traveling west on St. Catherine Street.
In 1889 Bishop Thomas Heslin started the first parish for Roman Catholic African Americans in Mississippi. He first oversaw construction of a small frame church (above left) on Beaumont Street and brought Father A.N.J. Peters to Natchez to become . . . — — Map (db m104502) HM
On St. Catherine Street near Abbott Street, on the right when traveling west.
The portion of St. Catherine Street that extends from the site of the Rhythm Night Club to D'Evereux Street was originally part of the property of the city's first public hospital (above).The hospital fronted St. Catherine and stood on a hill on . . . — — Map (db m108586) HM
Near South Union Street near Main Street, on the right.
1830: July 18-December 30- The Blessed Virgin Mary appears to St. Catherine Lebourι, Daughter of Charity, in Paris, France 1830: July 27 Revolution - Louis Philippe overthrows King Charles X of France 1832: - First Miraculous . . . — — Map (db m104067) HM
On North Pearl Street at High Street, on the left when traveling north on North Pearl Street.
Myrtle Terrace (behind you) was the home of steamboat captain Thomas P. Leathers, who commanded the steamboat Natchez in a race with the Robert E. Lee in 1870. An internationally known riverboat pilot, Leathers worked for . . . — — Map (db m127107) HM
On High Street at North Rankin Street, on the right when traveling east on High Street.
This 1866 view of High Street shows two houses, but one is no longer standing. The surviving house in the foreground has porches with the kind of sawn wooden railing that is called “gingerbread,” because it looks like the . . . — — Map (db m127099) HM
On North Wall Street at High Street, on the left when traveling south on North Wall Street.
Joseph Neibert built Choctaw in 1836 as his mansion townhouse. Neibert was a cotton planter. In the 1830s he and his partner Peter Gemmel, operated the city's most successful building firm, which employed both white and enslaved . . . — — Map (db m104476) HM
On North Pearl Street at Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north on North Pearl Street.
John Smith, a partner in the contracting firm of Neibert and Gemmell, built this brick cottage in 1838. The John Smith House is named for two owners with this same common name. In this 1866 photograph, evergreen trees obscure the front of . . . — — Map (db m127078) HM
On North Rankin Street at Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling south on North Rankin Street.
Zion Chapel African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Church was built in 1858 as the Second Presbyterian Church, a mission of First Presbyterian Church. Zion Chapel acquired the building in 1866, when Hiram R. Revels served as pastor. The . . . — — Map (db m127093) HM
On Jefferson Street near North Union, on the right when traveling west.
Ethel Clagett and Mabel Porter were among the first women in America to own a car dealership that was not inherited from a male spouse or relative. They opened their dealership in 1914 on Main Street and moved to a larger new facility on . . . — — Map (db m108610) HM
On Main Street at Canal Street, on the left when traveling north on Main Street.
The Protection Steam Fire Company No. 3 built a grand firehouse in 1902 at the corner of Main and Canal streets (no longer standing). During the 1800s and early 1900s, volunteers provided fire protection in Natchez as in most American . . . — — Map (db m127086) HM
On Main Street at North Pearl Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
The 1927 Eola Hotel is the tallest building in downtown Natchez. Named for Eola Levy, the daughter of developer Isadore Levy, it became a center for social activity for the city. Celebrities who visited the hotel in the mid-1900s . . . — — Map (db m114303) HM
On South Commerce Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling south on South Commerce Street.
The Natchez Institute, built in 1901,
replaced an 1845 school building. The
Natchez Institute was the first
public school in Mississippi to offer a
full course of free education for white
children. The first public school . . . — — Map (db m127142) HM
On South Union Street at Main Street, on the left when traveling north on South Union Street.
An 1890 view of Memorial Park shows the Confederate soldier monument draped for unveiling. Like many others across the south, it faces north towards the opposing army.The park's creation was part of the Lost Cause Movement that expressed . . . — — Map (db m104480) HM
On Main Street at South Wall Street, on the left when traveling west on Main Street.
The Old Natchez Post Office was built in 1904 on the site of William Johnson's Main Street barbershop. Before his 1851 death, Johnson also owned two other barbershops in town. He used both freed and enslaved black workers who served only . . . — — Map (db m127074) HM
On North Canal Street near Jefferson Street, on the left when traveling north.
On this hill, Andrew Ellicott raised the American flag in 1797. This act claimed the Natchez Territory for the United States and helped hasten the departure of the Spanish. A few years later, James Moore built a home on the site, known today as the . . . — — Map (db m114446) HM
On Franklin Street at North Pearl Street, on the left when traveling east on Franklin Street.
The dramatic looking Natchez Hotel (no longer standing) was built in 1891. Within a few years, parts of the building began to disappear in stages. The tent-like dome went first in a storm, and a 1926 fire destroyed most of the structure. . . . — — Map (db m127090) HM
On Franklin Street near North Union Street, on the left when traveling east.
In the 1800s, Franklin Street was
headquarters for plantation supply
houses, and the street was filled with
wagons. Main Street merchants offered
house wares and dry goods, and it
attracted more carriages. Many of the
downtown . . . — — Map (db m199493) HM
On South BroadwayStreet near Washington Street, on the right when traveling south.
Edelweiss is a Swiss Chalet-style building which dates to 1883. The house offered both a great view of the Mississippi River and a convenient location for the family of its first owner, Joseph O'Brien, a coal-dealer at Natchez . . . — — Map (db m108807) HM
On State Street west of South Canal Street, on the left when traveling west.
William Johnson, a freed person of color, was a barber, entrepreneur, and slave owner. He built this house in 1841 using materials salvaged after the 1840 tornado that damaged much of downtown. His diary details its construction and . . . — — Map (db m115610) HM
On South Pearl Street at State Street, on the right when traveling north on South Pearl Street.
Institute Hall was built in 1852-1853 as a public auditorium and a companion building to the Natchez Institute. The contractors were the Weldon Brothers, who used over 100 enslaved craftsmen and whose head draftsman was a slave named . . . — — Map (db m115628) HM
On State Street near South Wall Street, on the left when traveling west.
The domed Federal-style Adams County Courthouse appears in Audubon's 1822-1823 painted landscape of Natchez. Built in 1817, this courthouse is the oldest in Mississippi. It was remodeled in 1925. Actions at the courthouse impacted all of . . . — — Map (db m114502) HM
On South Commerce Street at Washington Street, on the right when traveling south on South Commerce Street.
The present Temple B'nai Israel, built in 1904, replaced an 1870s temple that burned (pictured above). Both reflect the success of Jewish merchants after the Civil War. Jews lived in Natchez as early as the late 1700s, but their numbers . . . — — Map (db m114299) HM
On South Martin Luther King Street at Washington Street, on the right when traveling west on South Martin Luther King Street.
An 1866 photograph shows that the porch on the house at 705 Washington Street (behind you) was a later addition. Those who built houses without porches often soon added them. Travel writer Joseph Holt Ingraham noted in 1835 that the area's hot . . . — — Map (db m115604) HM
On Washington Street at South Pearl Street, on the right when traveling east on Washington Street.
The two matching brick houses at the corner (behind you) date to 1901 and stand on the site of a brick chapel (no longer standing) built in 1849 by the First Presbyterian Church. The chapel held Wednesday evening prayer services, . . . — — Map (db m107249) HM
On Washington Street at South Rankin Street, on the right when traveling west on Washington Street.
Gathered on the front steps of Green Leaves are the founders of the Natchez Garden Club, the women who started the local historic house tours in 1932. The vision of these women created the city's heritage tourism industry, today a major . . . — — Map (db m115605) HM
On South Union Street near Washington Street, on the right when traveling south.
All four of the houses at this intersection were built before the Civil War, and three are associated with the family of Joseph Quegles, a Spaniard who settled in Natchez during the Spanish period (1779-1798).Four houses near the . . . — — Map (db m114301) HM
On Washington Street at South Wall Street, on the right when traveling west on Washington Street.
Known as the Spanish Quarter in the early 1800s, this neighborhood is one of the oldest in Natchez. Each corner house dates to before the Civil War.
A Spaniard, Manuel Texada, built the house called Texada . . . — — Map (db m127092) HM
On Jefferson Street at North Union Street on Jefferson Street.
This was the first Methodist congregration in Natchez formed in the early 1800s, and the 1st building was constructed in 1807. The 1st Sunday School south of Philadelphia, Pa., was organized here in 1829. — — Map (db m29749) HM
On Hutchins Landing Road east of Brick Quarters River Road, on the right when traveling east.
Erected, 1968, by Descendants of the New Jersey Settlers Organization (formed 1940) in memory of settlers of 1772, including Captain Amos Ogden. The Swayzes, Thorns & others now rest in the Kingston Cemetery — — Map (db m103816) HM
On Hutchins Landing Road, 0.3 miles east of Hillside Plantation Road, on the left when traveling east.
Erected, 1968, by Descendants of the New Jersey Settlers Organization (formed 1940) in memory of settlers of 1772 & their descendants who rest in Caleb King & Daniel Farrar Cemetery, Kingston Plantation. — — Map (db m104044) HM
On St. Catherine Street at 6th Street, on the left when traveling west on St. Catherine Street.
John R. Lynch turned to writing in his later years and wrote the Facts of Reconstruction in 1913. He completed his autobiography Reminiscences of an Active Life when he was 90, two years before his death in 1939.Lynch invested . . . — — Map (db m115927) HM
On Co-Lin Circle west of Campus Drive, on the left when traveling west.
An early American feminist writer and champion of women's rights, Murray (1751-1820) was also instrumental in fostering the Universalist Church in America. Murray lived for two years at Oak Point Plantation on this site. She died on July 6, 1820, . . . — — Map (db m103817) HM
On Jefferson Street west of North Rankin Street, on the right when traveling west.
Oldest building in Natchez. Standing before 1789. Operated as a tavern, stage stop, and mail station at the end of Natchez Trace. Now owned and restored by the Pilgrimage Garden Club of Natchez. — — Map (db m127081) HM
On Hutchins Landing Road, 0.3 miles east of Hillside Plantation Road, on the right when traveling east.
S.E. 1 mile is site of Old Jersey Settlement now known as Kingston. Here settlers from New Jersey organized first Protestant church in Mississippi with Samuel Swayze as pastor. — — Map (db m104043) HM
On U.S. 61 at Kingston Road, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 61.
E. 8 mi. Settled, 1773 by N. Jersey pioneers led by Richard and Samuel Swayze. Latter formed Congregational church, reputedly the first Protestant church in state. — — Map (db m120192) HM
On U.S. 61 at Kingston Road, on the right when traveling north on U.S. 61.
8.8 Miles to KINGSTON First Protestant Settlement In Mississippi Territory 1773.Dedicated 1955 by The National Society Of The Colonial Dames of America In The State Of Mississippi. — — Map (db m120264) HM
On Silver Street, 0.5 miles south of South Canal Street, on the right when traveling north.
On April 18, 1825, General Lafayette visited Natchez, spoke on the Bluff, dined at The Steamboat Hotel & attended a ball at Traveller's Lodge. — — Map (db m192867) HM
Near Gloucester Court, 0.4 miles west of Lower Woodville Road when traveling west.
[Top plaque]
Presented to
the Pilgrimage Garden Club
Natchez Mississippi
by the Kelly E. McAdams Foundation
Austin, Texas
1970
[Bottom plaque] Longwood has been designated a Registered National Historic Landmark under . . . — — Map (db m243661) HM
On St. Catherine Street at 6th Street, on the left when traveling west on St. Catherine Street.
The photograph of the 1946 Brumfield High School Choral. Club, taken in the front yard of Brumfield, provides the best image of the Louis Winston House on the left. The house unfortunately burned in the 1990s. The house on the right, which still . . . — — Map (db m114661) HM
On John R. Junkin Drive (U.S. 84) 0.6 miles east of South Canal Street, on the right when traveling east.
Explored, 1540-1, by De Soto. Colonized first by French, 1699. Became a colony of British, 1763; Spanish, 1779. Territory organized by U.S., 1798. Became 20th. state, 1817. — — Map (db m103799) HM
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