For overnight stays with personality

and a hint of romance, consider a

bed-and-breakfast inn or cottage.

Pick a Memorable Place to Stay

F ew overnight experiences equal the romance of staying in an antebellum mansion. And while a sharecropper’s shack

may not rate high on the romance scale, it’s

definitely a one-of-a-kind accommodation.

In Mississippi, both types of structures have

been turned into inns, as have Victorian homes

and 19th-century downtown buildings. A

gourmet breakfast often comes with the room.

Antebellum Inns

White-columned mansions, remnants of a

bygone era, radiate a quiet splendor. As inns,

they offer all the modern conveniences, yet

you can relax in antebellum elegance on the

patio with a mint julep or a glass of wine. One

of the most beautiful is Monmouth Plantation

in Natchez. Five of the 30 guest rooms and

suites are in the main house and are furnished

with period pieces, including antique canopied

beds. Other suites are in reproduction cottages

on the grounds, near a walking trail and just

steps from the mansion’s beautiful garden.

More than two dozen other Natchez inns

offer accommodations, including antebellum

homes such as Brandon Hall, The Burn, Cedar

Grove, Dunleith, Linden and Oak Hill.

A different Cedar Grove highlights the

antebellum era in Vicksburg. It has 33 rooms

and suites, 13 in the main house and others

in a carriage house and cottages. One suite,

on the third floor of the mansion, still has

a patched spot where a Union cannonball

came through the wall. Lovely Anchuca,

surrounded by oaks in the heart of Vicksburg’s

Historic District, has two guest rooms and

a suite in the main house and four rooms

in the carriage house. Other Vicksburg inns

include The Corners Mansion, The Duff

Green Mansion and the cozy Cherry Street

Cottages on the grounds of Shlenker House.

In Port Gibson, the 1850 Greek Revival-style

Oak Square Country Inn offers an updated

antebellum experience in the town Union

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant declared “too beautiful

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