Port Gibson, Mississippi
This is one of those places I really didn't know if I was going to be able to find or not. We were quite a few miles into nowhere away from everything and then when I was just about to give up there was a small little sign showing me to turn down a narrow dirt road.
This is all that remains of what once was the largest antebellum plantation house in Mississippi.
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It is just another sad story of a man, his dream and reality.
Interesting history about the drawing too.
Admire that ornate ironwork.
And it was so peaceful and quiet there too. I could well imagine how it was way back when.
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It ust have been magnificent! Too bad about the fire.
Strange old place - its looks grand, but I suppose it real history is rather grim.
Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne
very ornate remains; you got great photos John
There's something mystical about it with just the columns remaining. It'll probably stick inthe mind better than it would if it still had the house inside them.
Now I'm beginning to wonder how you find all this cool stuff!
definitely a greek influence in the ruins. :) i thought it was neat how a union soldier's sketch provided the detail of how it looked.
That looks so strange only the pillars are left of the building. It must have been a magnificent building at the time.
Must have been an amazing house.
It reminds me of the same "other timeness" that I felt in Glastonbury. Great captures.
Wow....I wonder who the masons and ironworkers were..... where did he find them? What nationality etc....soooo many questions....... but, that's me...always want to know 'the rest of the story'...hahhaha......
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