Homewood Plantation, Former plantation estate in Natchez, United States

Homewood was a five-story brick mansion built between 1855 and 1860 on a 600-acre estate north of Natchez, on what is now M.L. King, Jr. Road. Its interior had a central hall crossed by a second hall, thick brick walls, columns and marble fireplaces; the house burned down in 1940.

Homewood began in 1855 as a 600-acre wedding gift from planter David Hunt to his daughter Catherine and William S. Balfour, who used it as a hunting estate. The mansion was completed around 1860, survived the Civil War intact, and was sold in 1907 to the Kaisers, who ran a dairy farm. It burned down in 1940.

The mansion served as a filming location for the 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and appeared in Stark Young's 1934 novel So Red the Rose. These connections to cinema and literature made the house a notable location in American cultural history.

The mansion no longer stands, having been destroyed by fire in 1940. Visitors interested in the site today are drawn to its history and cultural significance in the region rather than viewing the structure itself.

During the 1940 fire that destroyed the property, Mrs. Swan interfered with firefighters' efforts in an unusual way. Her unexpected actions during the disaster sparked questions about the fire's true circumstances and remain a topic of local discussion.