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Monteigne
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Monteigne by Frances Benjamin Johnston, 1938
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Location	Liberty Rd., Natchez, Mississippi
Area	23.2 acres (9.4 ha)
Built	1855 (1855)
Architectural style	Classical Revival
NRHP reference No.	74001052
Added to NRHP	December 11, 1974

Montaigne is a historic house in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi.

Location

It is located on Liberty Road in Natchez, Mississippi.

History

The mansion was built in 1855 for General William T. Martin (1823-1910).

During the American Civil War of 1861–1865, the mansion was ravaged by Northerners and slaves, who smashed the chandeliers and cut the furniture to use it as firewood. However, after the war, Gen. Martin restored it, adding Chippendale furniture, wallpaper by Zuber & Cie, and Egyptian marble mantelpieces.

The garden spans 23 acres.

It has been added to the National Register of Historic Places since December 11, 1974.

Gallery

• Montaigne, 1938
• Front with grounds, 2017
• Front left, 2017
• Front right, 2017

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ Caroline Seebohm, Enshrining the Old South, The New York Times, February 10, 1991
3. Celeste Ray, Southern Heritage on Display: Public Ritual and Ethnic Diversity Within Southern Regionalism, Tuscaloosa, Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 2003, p. 237

External links

[REDACTED] Media related to Montaigne (Natchez, Mississippi) at Wikimedia Commons

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