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Archaeological evidence shows they began construction of the three main earthwork mounds by 1200. Additional work was done in the mid-15th century. [1] By the late 17th and early 18th century, the Natchez (pronounced "Nochi"), descendants of the Plaquemine culture, [1][2] occupied the site.
Natchez (/ ˈnætʃɪz / NATCH-iz), officially the City of Natchez, is the only city in and the county seat of Adams County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 14,520 at the 2020 census. [2] Located on the Mississippi River across from Vidalia in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, Natchez was a prominent city in the antebellum years, a ...
Deaths. 209. The Rhythm Club fire (or The Natchez Dance Hall Holocaust) was a fire in a dance hall in Natchez, Mississippi on the night of April 23, 1940, which killed 209 people and severely injured many others. [1][2] Hundreds of people were trapped inside the building. At the time, it was the second deadliest building fire in the history of ...
The United States Courthouse, previously known as Institute Hall, Opera Hall, and Memorial Hall, is a building in Natchez, Mississippi that was initially constructed from 1851 to 1853, for use as an educational building. It has served a variety of public purposes in the intervening years. It was listed on the National Register of Historic ...
Melrose (Natchez, Mississippi) Melrose is a 15,000 square feet (1,400 m 2) mansion, located in Natchez, Mississippi, that is said to reflect "perfection" in its Greek Revival design. The 80-acre (320,000 m 2) estate is now part of Natchez National Historical Park and is open to the public by guided tours. The house is furnished for the period ...
Spain and England met here. Hope Farm, charming in its simplicity, had a section built in 1775, when the English owned the Natchez area. Then, in 1790, the Spanish Governor Carlos de Grand Pré added the gallery with its ornamented, sturdy columns. The building shows a merger of two different elements of building, and of two varying cultures.
The Burn was erected in 1834 as the house of John P. Walworth who was a wealthy planter, merchant, banker, and politician. The builder of the establishment was the firm of Montgomery and Keys (spelled variously as Keyes), which, in an 1837 proposal to build the west wing and the west kitchen of the Historic Jefferson College indicated that the college board members take a ‘squint’ at the ...
July 24, 1978. Lansdowne is a historic estate that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi. The property began as a 727-acre, antebellum, hunting estate - like the estates of the landed gentry in England. [2][3] After the Civil War cotton, corn, sheep and cattle were raised on Lansdowne until ...