Gloucester (Natchez, Mississippi)

Gloucester is a historic mansion in Natchez, Mississippi. It is located on Lower Woodville Road in South Natchez. It was designed by local architect Levi Weeks and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.[2]

Gloucester
Gloucester (Front/north), 1938
Location in Mississippi
Location in United States
LocationNatchez, Mississippi
Coordinates31°31′54″N 91°24′7″W
Area7.5 acres (3.0 ha)
Built1807 (1807)
ArchitectLevi Weeks
Architectural styleEarly Republic, Neo-classical
NRHP reference No.76001085[1]
Added to NRHPNovember 7, 1976

History

Originally known as Bellevue, the mansion was built for David Williams in 1800.[3] David Williams, according to census records of 1782, 1786 and 1792 was one of the wealthiest men in the country at the time. Bellevue was the centerpiece of a 5,000 acre plantation owned by David Williams adjacent to several thousand acres of cotton, tobacco and timber plantations that he owned. Later, the house was inherited by Maria McIntosh Williams, the wife of Winthrop Sargent (1753–1820), who served as the first Governor of the Mississippi Territory from 1798 to 1801.[3] Sargent expanded the house and its gardens in 1808.[3][4][5] It was then inherited by their son, George Washington Sargent, who was killed inside the house by Union forces in the American Civil War of 1861–1865.[3][4]

Architecture

It has two stories, with columns and a large portico on the front.[4]

Rear/south, 1934

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Gloucester". National Park Service. Retrieved March 18, 2020. With accompanying pictures
  3. Helen Kerr Kempe, The Pelican Guide to Old Homes of Mississippi: Natchez and the South, Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, 1989, p. 45
  4. Steven Brooke, The Majesty of Natchez, Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, 1999, p. 82
  5. Preservation Mississippi


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