Windsor Ruins 2
by Lydia Holly
Title
Windsor Ruins 2
Artist
Lydia Holly
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Photograph - Photography
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I was surprised to hear about a historical mansion in Mississippi now referred to as the Windsor Ruins. There seems to be so much about our nation’s history that is tucked away just like these remaining Corinthian columns. The Ruins are located about 10 miles southwest from Port Gibson, Mississippi. The mansion was constructed between 1859 in 1861 by a cotton plantation owner named Smith Coffee Daniell, and it was the largest antebellum Greek revival mansion ever built in the state.
During The Civil War it served initially as an observation post for the Confederacy as the mansion’s cupola offered a view all the way to the Mississippi River. After the Vicksburg Campaign The Union troops also used the home for the same purposes and later utilized it as a hospital for the wounded. The Daniell family was allowed to live on the third floor during the occupation.
In 1890 the mansion was destroyed by fire that started on the third floor, reportedly by a lit cigarette or cigar. Only the columns, balustrades, cast iron stairways, and pieces of bone china remained.
The 2.1-acre (0.85 ha) site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and was designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1985.[3]
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June 18th, 2016
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