Mar 22, 2023
Dunleith
Completed for General Charles G. Dahlgren (1811-1888) and his wife Mary Routh. This mansion replaced Routhland which was built for Mrs Dahlgren's father in the 1790s but was struck by lightning and lost to fire. The Dahlgrens sold their new home in 1858 for $30,000 to Alfred Vidal Davis Sr. (1826-1899) who renamed it Dunleith. Built in the Greek-Revival antebellum style, the mansion is surrounded by 36 Tuscan columns. Perhaps it most famous occupant was John Roy Lynch (1847-1939). Born into slavery, Lynch became the first African-American Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Mississippi State Legislature and one of the first African-American U.S. Congressmen. It is perhaps best associated with the Carpenter family who lived here until 1976. Today, Dunleith sits on a 40-acre estate and is operated as a hotel, restaurant and event venue. In Nola Oliver's book, she wrote of Dunleith that, "no more perfect example of a Colonial mansion of the old south can be found".
Dunleith
Completed for General Charles G. Dahlgren (1811-1888) and his wife Mary Routh. This mansion replaced Routhland which was built for Mrs Dahlgren's father in the 1790s but was struck by lightning and lost to fire. The Dahlgrens sold their new home in 1858 for $30,000 to Alfred Vidal Davis Sr. (1826-1899) who renamed it Dunleith. Built in the Greek-Revival antebellum style, the mansion is surrounded by 36 Tuscan columns. Perhaps it most famous occupant was John Roy Lynch (1847-1939). Born into slavery, Lynch became the first African-American Speaker of the House of Representatives in the Mississippi State Legislature and one of the first African-American U.S. Congressmen. It is perhaps best associated with the Carpenter family who lived here until 1976. Today, Dunleith sits on a 40-acre estate and is operated as a hotel, restaurant and event venue. In Nola Oliver's book, she wrote of Dunleith that, "no more perfect example of a Colonial mansion of the old south can be found".
Mar 22, 2023
Posted Date
Mar 22, 2023
Historical Record Date
Mar 22, 2023
Source Name
House Histree
Source Website
Dunleith, 84 Homochito St Natchez, Adams County, MS
Mississippi`s only remaining example of a full peripteral colonnaded plantation, Dunleith (ca. 1855) represents the splendor of the homes lost in the the lower Mississippi Valley. Its Classical form contains such features as 26 giant Tuscan columns and ornamental iron balustrades enclosing the galleries on the first and second floors.
Dunleith, 84 Homochito St Natchez, Adams County, MS
Mississippi`s only remaining example of a full peripteral colonnaded plantation, Dunleith (ca. 1855) represents the splendor of the homes lost in the the lower Mississippi Valley. Its Classical form contains such features as 26 giant Tuscan columns and ornamental iron balustrades enclosing the galleries on the first and second floors.
Posted Date
Sep 28, 2021
Source Name
Library of Congress
