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The Holy Family Catholic Church Historic District, in Natchez, Mississippi, is a 9.2-acre (3.7 ha) historic district that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in 1995. Its most significant building is the Holy Family Church, the first African-American Catholic church in the state, dedicated in 1894 and staffed by ...
Cathedral School was founded in 1847, just five years after the formation of the first Catholic Diocese and Catholic Church in Mississippi. It has remained in continuous operation for 160 years. The school was originally staffed by the Daughters of Charity who remained on staff until 2003.
St. Mary Basilica, formerly St. Mary's Cathedral, is a Catholic church in Natchez, Mississippi, and a parish church in the Diocese of Jackson.It was dedicated to the Virgin Mary under the title Our Lady of Sorrows on December 25, 1843.
Chanche began to contact Catholics in Mississippi and organize the new diocese. Three of his nieces opened the first Catholic school in Mississippi. [2] The Cathedral of the Sorrowful Heart of Mary was designed by Baltimore architect Robert Cary Long Jr., [4] an alumnus of St. Mary's. Two years earlier, Long had designed for Chanche a steeple ...
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North of Natchez on Mississippi Highway 555 31°38′12″N 91°20′40″W / 31.636667°N 91.344444°W / 31.636667; -91.344444 ( Mount Natchez
United States historic place Natchez Bluffs and Under-the-Hill Historic District U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. Historic district Silver Street, Natchez-Under-the-Hill c. 1860 (Mississippi Department of Archives and History) Location Bounded by S. Canal St., Broadway, and the Mississippi River, Natchez, Mississippi Coordinates 31°33′32″N 91°25′36″W / 31.55889 ...
Emerald Mound was constructed during 1250 and 1600 CE, and is the type site for the Emerald Phase (1500 - 1680) of the Plaquemine culture Natchez Bluffs chronology.It was used as a ceremonial center for a population who resided in outlying villages and hamlets, but takes its name from the historic Emerald Plantation that surrounded the mound in the 19th century.