Ravenna, Natchez

Name: Ravenna
Address: Natchez, United States

#42 among attractions in Natchez

Greek Revival architecture

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Ravenna is a historic two-and-a-half-story mansion in Natchez, Mississippi, U.S. It was built in 1835-1836 for William Harris, a merchant commissioner, planter and Natchez alderman. It was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style, based on plans by Asher Benjamin. By the 1850s, it was purchased by the Melcalfe family, whose descendants owned the house until they sold it to Dr. Mallan Morgan in the 1980s. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 4, 1982. ()

Built: 1835 (189 years ago)Coordinates: 31°33'12"N, 91°24'19"W

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

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

0.4 miNW
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
Rosalie Mansion, Natchez
11 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.
~1850 ftN
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
Magnolia Hall, Natchez
9 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 miNE
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
Stanton Hall, Natchez
19 min walk • Stanton Hall, also known as Belfast, is an Antebellum Classical Revival mansion at 401 High Street in Natchez, Mississippi. Built in the 1850s, it is one of the most opulent antebellum mansions to survive in the southeastern United States.
0.4 miNE
Church
St. Mary Basilica, Natchez
12 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.
0.4 miN
Greek Revival architecture, Architecture, Church
First Presbyterian Church of Natchez, Natchez
11 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 miNE
Greek Revival architecture, Church
Holy Family Catholic Church Historic District, Natchez
16 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.
0.5 miN
Museum, History museum
Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture, Natchez
14 min walk • The Natchez Museum of African American History and Culture is a museum located in Natchez, MS, United States. The museum chronicles the history and culture of African Americans in the southern United States.
0.5 miSE
Museum, History museum, Greek Revival architecture
Dunleith, Natchez
12 min walk • 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.
0.5 miN
Forts and castles
Fort Rosalie, Natchez
14 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.
0.5 miN
Neighbourhood, Victorian architecture, Greek Revival architecture
Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District, Natchez
12 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.
0.5 miN
Church, Greek Revival architecture
Commercial Bank and Banker's House, Natchez
14 min walk • The Commercial Bank and Banker's House is an unusual combination building, housing both a bank premises and the principal banker's residence, at 206 Main Street and 107 Canal Street in Natchez, Mississippi.

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Which popular attractions are close to Ravenna?

Nearby attractions include Downriver Residential Historic District, Natchez (4 min walk), The Manse, Natchez (6 min walk), Temple B'nai Israel Natchez, Natchez (9 min walk), Belvidere, Natchez (9 min walk).