Property

Location Information
(for the "Mount Locust" Mound Plantation)

Name:

"Mount Locust" (Mound Plantation)

Address:

Natchez Trace Parkway
about .2 mi SE of jct with Cannonsburg Road

City/County:

Church Hill vic., Jefferson County

Architectural Information

Construction Date:

c.1775-80

No. of Stories:

Remodeling Date:

1956

Context/Comments

This very early building, built sometime around 1775-80, is now owned by the National Park Service, as a property of the Natchez Trace Parkway, and is open to the public.

It is included in "A Guide to Early American Homes – South" (1956), "Shrines to Yesterday" (1968), "The Majesty of Natchez" (1969/1981/1986) (p. 84), "Historic Architecture in Mississippi" (1973) (p. 5), 'The Architecture of Natchez before 1830,' in "Natchez before 1830" (1989) (pp. 136-137), "Classic Natchez" (1996) (p. 17), and "Louisiana Architecture 1714-1820" (2004) (pp. 60-61).