Melrose, Greek Revival mansion in Natchez, United States.

Melrose is a two-story mansion in Greek Revival style set on a large estate, featuring symmetrical columns, broad verandas, and fine decorative moldings. The building sits on extensive grounds and contains numerous original furnishings from the 1800s.

John T. McMurran, a Pennsylvania-born lawyer and planter, began planning the mansion after a tornado struck Natchez in 1840 and hired Maryland architect Jacob Byers, who named it after Melrose Abbey in Scotland. In 1865 McMurran sold it to Elizabeth Davis, wife of planter George Malin Davis, and died in a steamboat accident in 1866. The National Park Service bought the estate in 1990.

The rooms here show how wealthy Southern plantation owners lived, filled with original furnishings and objects from that era. These collections tell the story of daily life and prosperity for a particular social class.

Melrose is reached by guided tour only; the 80-acre estate and its outbuildings, including the two-story kitchen and dairy, octagonal cistern houses, smoke house, privy, barn and carriage house, are shown with a ranger or guide. The house stands within Natchez National Historical Park alongside Fort Rosalie and the William Johnson House, so allow time to combine the three sites. The first floor is arranged around a central hall, with bedrooms on the second floor and a large widow's walk above.

The punkah in the dining room is a hand-pulled ceiling fan, a rare survival in a Mississippi house. The central and back halls keep their original painted floor cloth, and the attic has an unusually large widow's walk. The McMurrans sold their furniture with the house, and later owners did the same.