Rosswood

Rosswood
Nearest city Lorman, Mississippi
Area 100 acres (40 ha)
Built 1857 (1857)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP Reference # 78001606[1]
Added to NRHP December 8, 1978

Rosswood is a historic Southern plantation in Lorman, Jefferson County, Mississippi.[2][3][4]

Location

It is located off the Mississippi Highway 552.[3][4]

History

It was built as a cotton plantation for Dr Walter Ross Wade (1810–1862) and his wife Mabella Chamberlain.[5] The architectural style of the plantation house, is Greek Revival.[2][6] It has fourteen rooms, with fourteen-foot ceilings, ten fireplaces, columned galleries, a winding staircase, and original slave quarters.[4][5] In the antebellum era, Dr Wade and his wife held parties and balls and entertained guests.[5] The property spanned 1250 acres and had 105 slaves.[4][5] It is now only 100 acres.[5] During the American Civil War, it served as a hospital for the Confederate States Army.[5]

In 1975, Colonel Walt Hylander and his wife Jean purchased the plantation and restored it.[4][5] It is now open to the public as a house museum, and used for weddings and special occasions.[4][5]

Heritage significance

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 8, 1978.[2][3] It is also a Mississippi Landmark.[5]

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. 1 2 3 National Register of Historic Places
  3. 1 2 3 Nancy Capace, Encyclopedia of Mississippi, North American Book Distribution, 2001, p. 499
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Jack Baldwin, Winnie Baldwin, Baldwin's Guide to Inns of Mississippi, Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing Company, pp. 79-80
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rosswood Official website: History
  6. ↑ Patti Carr Black, Art in Mississippi, 1720–1980, Jackson, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1998, p. 58

Coordinates: 31°49′7.35″N 91°0′43.46″W / 31.8187083°N 91.0120722°W / 31.8187083; -91.0120722

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