Built 1824 Opened 1824 | NRHP Reference # 77000782 Added to NRHP 22 August 1977 | |
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Location 131 Winchester road, Natchez, Mississippi Similar Natchez National Historical, Grand Village of the Natch, Natchez Museum of African A, Natchez National Cemetery, Natchez–Vidalia Bridge | ||
The Routhland is a historic mansion in Natchez, Mississippi.
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Location
The mansion is located at 131 Winchester road in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi.
History
In 1790, 180 acres of land was granted by Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet to Job Routh. He built a mansion called Routhland in the 1790s, but it was burnt down in 1855. Another mansion called Routhland was built in its place for Job Routh's daughter, Mary Routh, and her husband, Charles G. Dahlgren, and it later renamed Dunleith when purchased by planter Alfred Vidal Davis.
Meanwhile, Job Routh's son, John Routh, has become one of the largest cotton planters in the world. From 1815 to 1824, he built this Routhland mansion on his father's land. It is the only remaining mansion under the name of Routhland in Natchez. It was first built in the Federal architectural style. It was later remodelled in the Greek Revival style, and later in the Italianate style.
In 1871, it was purchased by Charles Clark, a Confederate veteran and former Governor of Mississippi from 1863 to 1865. Clark's descendants sold Routhland outside the family in 1946.
Heritage significance
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 22, 1977.