Rosemont, Historical plantation residence in Wilkinson County, United States.
Rosemont is a plantation house built in 1814 near Woodville, in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. It was the boyhood family home of Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865. The house is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is open to the public for tours.
Rosemont was built in 1814 near Woodville, Mississippi, as the boyhood family home of Jefferson Davis, later president of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1987.
The interior displays furnishings and personal items belonging to the Davis family from different periods, including four-poster beds and family portraits. These objects give visitors a sense of how the family lived within this house.
The property is open Monday through Saturday from March through December 15, and visitors can move freely around the grounds. It is helpful to wear sturdy footwear, as the ground can be uneven and large trees provide shade throughout the area.
The estate was originally known as Poplar Grove and received its current name because of the extensive rose gardens on the property. The gardens were a project of Jane Davis that gave the place its romantic name.
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