Port Gibson, Mississippi - The Windsor Ruins
- Address:
- Port Gibson, MS [Show Map]
- Directions:
- 12 miles SW of Port Gibson on MS 552 (Rodney Rd).
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Port Gibson, Mississippi - Windsor Ruins Windsor Ruins started as a grand mansion built in 1861 by cotton plantation businessman Smith Coffee Daniell II, who died within weeks of its completion. His wife and children lived there and survived the Civil War. A fire on February 17, 1890 destroyed the 23 room structure, leaving only the columns and the ironwork. Daniell family descendants donated Windsor Ruins to the State of Mississippi in 1974.
A flight of metal stairs found intact is now at Oakland Chapel at Alcorn State University. [Laura, 04/07/2008]
Port Gibson, Mississippi - Windsor Ruins Plastered brick columns surmounted by cast-iron capitals are all that remain of the largest antebellum plantation house in Mississippi. It survived the Civil War to burn in 1890. [Chuck Rhode, 09/12/2005]
Nearby Offbeat Places
- Rodney: A Ghost Town, Rodney, MS - 5 mi.
- Gold Hand Pointing to Heaven, Port Gibson, MS - 10 mi.
- Giant Mailbox, Newellton, LA - 15 mi.
- In the region: Fake Ironclad on a Hill, Vicksburg, MS - 34 mi.
