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Dunleith
Dunleith in 1936
Location: 84 Homochitto Street, Natchez, Mississippi Coordinates: 31°32′52″N 91°24′3″W / 31.54778°N 91.40083°WCoordinates: 31°32′52″N 91°24′3″W / 31.54778°N 91.40083°W Area: 40 acres (16 ha)[1] Built: 1855 Architectural style: Greek Revival Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 72000684 Significant dates Added to NRHP: September 14, 1972[2] Designated NHL: December 2, 1974[3] Dunleith is an antebellum mansion in Natchez, Mississippi.[4] The previous building, Routhland had been built by Job Routh and passed down to his daughter Mary Routh. When it was struck by lightning and burned down in 1855, her husband, General Charles G. Dahlgren rebuilt the home. It was sold for $30,000 in 1858 (equal to $759,000 today) to Alfred Vidal Davis who renamed it Dunleith. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974.[1][3][5]
The 26 room house sits on 40 acres (16 ha) along with several outbuildings including a carriage house, a dairy barn, a poultry house, and a three story brick building. The main building has a Greek revival design and includes 26 Tuscan columns built of brick and stucco. There are porches around the entire building on the first and second floor. The first floor includes windows similar to those in Monticello which roll up to become doorways.[1]
The 1957 film, Raintree County was partly filmed at Dunleith.
It has been a historic house museum with tours for the public as well as a historic inn since 1976.
It is also the place they filmed the movie "Beulah Land" from 1980 starring Lesley Ann Warren (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080197/fullcred its). If you follow the story about the Dunleith Plantation you will find that the original owners, the Routh family continued with Mary's daughter, Sarah Anne Ellis Dorsey, whom owned the Davis Plantation in Biloxi, MS until her death when she gave the home, originally named the Bouviour Mansion to General Davis (thus the new name, the Davis home and plantation). To read more on the Routh history and Sarah Anne Dorsey go http://mshistory.k12.ms.us/articles/366/sarah-anne-ellis-dorsey-a-woman-of-uncommon-mind
References
- ^ a b c "Dunleith History". Dunleith.com. http://www.dunleith.com/history.html. Retrieved 2009-08-30.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b "Dunleith". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=1234&ResourceType=Building. Retrieved 2007-10-19.
- ^ Natchez on the River staff: Dunleith, http://www.natchezontheriver.com/news/2008/oct/13/dunleith/, retrieved 15 Jun 2009.
- ^ Paul Goeldner (January 14, 1974). National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Dunleith / RouthlandsPDF (316 KB). National Park Service and Accompanying 3 photos, exterior and interior, from 1973 and undated.PDF (489 KB)
External links
- Dunleith - official site
- Natchez Pilgrimage Tours - provides mansion tours including Dunleith
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