Richmond, Federal mansion in Natchez, United States
Richmond is a mansion in Natchez featuring symmetrical facades with classical elements including columns and expansive porches across its sections. The structure combines Federal and Greek Revival architectural styles throughout its design.
The land was first owned by Juan St. Germaine, a Native American interpreter; family tradition dates the house to 1784, while its Federal woodwork suggests about 1800–1810. Levin R. Marshall, first president of the Commercial Bank, bought it in 1832 for $7,500 and added a Greek Revival west wing by 1840. A third section followed in 1860, and the Marshall family still occupied it in 2011.
The house is also called Marshall House, after Levin R. Marshall, the banker and planter who bought it in 1832 and had furniture shipped from New York City; that furniture is still in the house. Marshall's household at Richmond included 32 servants, and the family still occupied the mansion in 2011.
Richmond stands on Government Fleet Road, also called Canal Street South, south of central Natchez in Adams County. The surrounding land is cut by deep bayous and covered in dense forest, so the approach is rural and the house is a private residence rather than a public museum. The Marshall family still occupied it in 2011.
Levin R. Marshall's 1832 purchase cost $7,500, and the New York-made furniture shipped to Richmond shortly afterward is still in the house. By 1860 he held 2,500 acres in Adams County alone, worked by 150 slaves, with 32 more servants at the mansion.
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