| Built in 1818 for John Hankinson, a relation of the prominent Schuyler family of New York, this suburban estate was acquired by John Anthony Quitman in 1826. Quitman served in the State Legislature, was Governor of the State of Mississippi, and served in the U.S. House of Representatives. He was prominent in the Mexican War, and his command was the first to enter Mexico City upon its surrender. Quitman was appointed civil and military governor of the captured city. Alterations to the front, including a Greek Revival portico, date to the mid-nineteenth century. Monmouth was listed on the National Register on 26 April 1973, with 38 acres of land, and it was designated a National Historic Landmark on 7 June 1988. It was designated a Mississippi Landmark on 17 October 1986. It is included in "Shrines to Yesterday" (1968), "The Majesty of Natchez" (1969/1981/1986) (p. 64), "Old Homes of Mississippi, Volume I: Natchez and the South" (1977) (pp. 54-55), "Plantation Homes of Louisiana and the Natchez Area" (1982) (p. 73), "The Great Houses of Natchez" (1986) (pp. 77-78), "Classic Natchez" (1996) (pp. 34, 126-129), "Natchez Images, 1880-1960" (2002) (p. 50), "Natchez: Houses and History" (2003) (pp. 142-145), "Louisiana Architecture 1714-1820" (2004) (pp. 248-249), "Must See Mississippi" (2007) (pp. 11-14), and "Buildings of Mississippi" (2020) (pp.45-47, ND50). [HABS: MS-194 (twelve photos, both exterior and interior, made by Jack E. Boucher in April 1972)] |