Dunleith, Natchez

Name: Dunleith
Address: Natchez, United States

#20 among attractions in Natchez

Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture, Vernacular architecture

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Dunleith is an antebellum mansion at 84 Homochitto Street in Natchez, Mississippi. Built about 1855, it is Mississippi's only surviving example of a plantation house with a fully encircling colonnade of Greek Revival columns, a form once seen much more frequently than today. Now an inn and conference center, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1974. Currently the original horse stable serves as a fine dining establishment with a traditional English pub in the lower levels of the structure ()

Alternative names: Built: 1855 (169 years ago)Coordinates: 31°32'52"N, 91°24'3"W

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Dunleith – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Longwood, Rosalie Mansion, Magnolia Hall, St. Mary Basilica.

0.8 miS
Museum, History museum, Historical place
Longwood, Natchez
21 min walk • Longwood, also known as Nutt's Folly, is a historic antebellum octagonal mansion located at 140 Lower Woodville Road in Natchez, Mississippi, United States. Built in part by enslaved people, the mansion is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, and is a National Historic Landmark.
0.9 miNW
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
Rosalie Mansion, Natchez
23 min walk • Rosalie Mansion is a historic pre-Civil War mansion and historic house museum in Natchez, Mississippi. Built in 1823, it served as the architectural inspiration for a large number of Natchez's grand Greek Revival mansions, and was a major influence on Antebellum architecture in the greater region.
0.8 miN
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
Magnolia Hall, Natchez
20 min walk • Magnolia Hall of Natchez, Mississippi, is also known as the Henderson-Britton House and was built in 1858. As a Greek Revival mansion it is a contributing property to the Natchez On Top of the Hill Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
0.7 miN
Church
St. Mary Basilica, Natchez
19 min walk • St. Mary Basilica, formerly St. Mary's Cathedral, located in Natchez, Mississippi, United States, is a parish church in the Diocese of Jackson and Minor basilica of the Catholic Church.
0.8 miN
Greek Revival architecture, Architecture, Church
First Presbyterian Church of Natchez, Natchez
21 min walk • First Presbyterian Church of Natchez is a historic church at 117 S. Pearl Street in Natchez, Mississippi. It was built in 1830 with Greek Revival and Federal style architectural features.
0.6 miE
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
Auburn, Natchez
16 min walk • Auburn is an antebellum mansion in Duncan Park in Natchez, Mississippi. It was designed and constructed by Levi Weeks in 1812, and was the first building to exhibit Greek Revival order in the town. Its prominent two-story Greek portico served as a model for the subsequent architectural development of local mansions.
~1640 ftSE
Colonial architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Hope Farm, Natchez
8 min walk • Hope Farm is a historic house in Natchez, Mississippi, USA.
0.8 miN
Greek Revival architecture, Church
Holy Family Catholic Church Historic District, Natchez
20 min walk • The Holy Family Catholic Church Historic District, in Natchez, Mississippi, is a 9.2-acre historic district that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1995.
0.9 miN
Forts and castles
Fort Rosalie, Natchez
23 min walk • Fort Rosalie was built by the French in 1716 within the territory of the Natchez Native Americans and it was part of the French colonial empire in the present-day city of Natchez, Mississippi.
0.9 miN
Neighbourhood, Victorian architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District, Natchez
22 min walk • Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District is a historic district in Natchez, Mississippi that was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
0.7 miN
31°33'28"N • 91°24'13"W
Temple B'nai Israel Natchez, Natchez
19 min walk • Sacred and religious sites, Historical place, Synagogue

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Which popular attractions are close to Dunleith?

Nearby attractions include Belvidere, Natchez (6 min walk), Hope Farm, Natchez (8 min walk), Ravenna, Natchez (12 min walk), Ravennaside, Natchez (13 min walk).