Mount Repose (Natchez, Mississippi)

Mount Repose is a historic mansion in Pine Ridge, Adams County near Natchez, Mississippi, USA.

Mount Repose
Nearest cityNatchez, Mississippi
Area242 acres (98 ha)
Built1824 (1824)
NRHP reference No.79001294
Added to NRHPJune 19, 1979

History
Mount Repose, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1938

Mount Repose was built in 1824 for William Bisland, on lands granted his father, John Bisland, by Spanish Crown in 1782.[1] William's elder brother Peter built Mistletoe.[2] It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 19 June 1979.[3]

References
  1. https://www.loc.gov/item/csas201207201/
  2. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Mount Repose". National Park Service. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
  3. "Mount Repose". National Park Service. Retrieved June 21, 2016.


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