Magnolia Hall, Greek Revival residence in Natchez, United States.
Magnolia Hall is a Greek Revival residence on South Pearl Street in Natchez spanning two stories with original antique furnishings throughout. The house displays plaster magnolia ornaments in its main parlor and contains a collection of 19th-century furniture and costumes on different levels.
Magnolia Hall, also called the Henderson-Britton House, was built in 1858 by Thomas Henderson, a merchant, planter and cotton broker. In 1868 it was sold to Natchez banker and planter Audley Clark Britton and his wife Eliza Macrery Britton, whose family owned it until 1935. During a bombardment of Natchez by the Union gunboat Essex, a shell hit the soup tureen in the house's kitchen.
Magnolia Hall takes its name from the magnolia, and the main-floor rooms hold mid-nineteenth-century antiques collected by the Natchez Garden Club, which restored the house. Upstairs, a costume collection is displayed. The house is a contributing property to the Natchez On Top of the Hill Historic District.
The property is maintained and operated by the Natchez Garden Club, which offers guided visits through the rooms to help you understand the layout and furnishings. A small gift shop on site provides publications and mementos of your visit.
During the Union gunboat Essex's bombardment of Natchez, a shell struck the soup tureen in Magnolia Hall's kitchen. The house later passed to banker and planter Audley Clark Britton, whose family kept it until 1935.
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