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Mount Repose (Natchez, Mississippi)

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

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

History

Mount Repose, by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1938

It 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 June 19, 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.