| Built for John Bisland as a wedding gift for his son Peter. This is the earliest of three extant houses associated with the Bisland family who were influential in the Pine Ridge and Natchez areas. The house is one of the earliest and best-preserved examples of the open-back-hall floor plan that was popular in Mississippi in this era. This house was listed on the National Register on 10 October 1973, with 136.7 acres of land. It is included in "A Guide to Early American Homes – South" (1956), "The Majesty of Natchez" (1969/1981/1986) (pp. 32-33), "Old Homes of Mississippi, Volume I: Natchez and the South" (1977) (p. 54), "The Great Houses of Natchez" (1986) (pp. 75-76), "Classic Natchez" (1996) (pp. 66-67), and "Louisiana Architecture 1840-1860" (2006) (pp. 171-172). |