Historic House Museums in Mississippi

We try to keep this list of historic house museums for Mississippi current, but it is best to check directly with the museums for their hours and other information. If you know of a historic house museum in Mississippi that should be listed here, please use our submission form to let us know about it.

Jackson

Manship House Museum

One of the few examples of Gothic-Revival residential architecture in Mississippi, the Manship House was inspired by a design in A.J. Downing's Architecture of Country Houses, a popular nineteenth-century pattern book in which an almost identical house is pictured.

Open Tu-Fri 9-4, Sat 10-4 • 420 East Fortification • (601) 961-4724

Meridian

Jefferson Davis Home and Presidential Library

As was feared, Beauvoir and the Jefferson Davis Presidential Library suffered heavy damage from Hurricane Katrina.Ý These two structures can and will be restored given time and funding.Ý However, it is with great sadness that the Library pavillion (where Jefferson Davis penned "The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government", the Hayes cottage, Soldier's Home Barracks replica, Confederate Soldier's Museum, Giftshop, and director's home were totally destroyed.

Closed from Hurricane Katrina damage • Relief Fund, P O Box 7 Meridian, MS 39302-0007 • (601) 268-3323

Natchez

Natchez National Historical Park

The Park is made up of three units, Fort Rosalie is the location of an 18th Century fortification built by the French and later occupied by the British, Spanish and Americans. The William Johnson House was a house owned by William Johnson, a free African American businessman, whose diary tells the story of everyday life in antebellum Natchez. Melrose was the estate of John T. McMurran, a northerner who rose from being a middle class lawyer to a position of wealth and power in antebellum Natchez.

Open Mon-Sat 8-5, Sun 9-4 • 1 Melrose Montebello Parkway & 210 State Street • (601) 446-5790

Oxford

Rowan Oak

Rowan Oak, built by a pioneer settler in the 1840's and situated deep in a grove of oak and cedar trees, was bought by William Faulkner in 1930, and became his refuge from the world until his death in 1962.

Open Tue-Fri 10-12 & 2-4, Sat 10-4, Sun 12-4 • Call for directions • (662) 234-3284