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Built as a wedding present for George Marshall and his bride Charlotte Hunt, Lansdowne has seen 160 Christmas mornings and 160 New Year's Eves, births and deaths, weddings and funerals, grand balls, and attacks by AWOL soldiers during the Civil War. Following the War, Charlotte sold butter and eggs to provide for the family and pay the bills.
Lansdowne is still owned by the descendants of George and Charlotte and contains most of the original furnishings. The parlor still has the original wallpaper and paint on the woodwork. Each room has original Italian marble mantels from Carrera and Egypt, and faux bois painting on doors and baseboards. Outbuildings consist of two wings that originally housed a school room, Governess's room, billiard room, kitchen, washing and ironing room, and rooms for the cook, butler and children's nurse, plus a two-room six-seat privy. The dependencies have now been renovated now as vacation rentals for overnight guests and for visiting friends and family, Lansdowne is situated on 120 acres just one mile from the city limits of Natchez.
The House has been carefully preserved for over 160 years in order to maintain the original look and feel that is remarkably historically accurate. The house and its beautiful furnishings, along with the outbuildings and family stories, tell the history of Natchez through the lives of the Marshall family
Lansdowne is still owned by the descendants of George and Charlotte and contains most of the original furnishings. The parlor still has the original wallpaper and paint on the woodwork. Each room has original Italian marble mantels from Carrera and Egypt, and faux bois painting on doors and baseboards. Outbuildings consist of two wings that originally housed a school room, Governess's room, billiard room, kitchen, washing and ironing room, and rooms for the cook, butler and children's nurse, plus a two-room six-seat privy. The dependencies have now been renovated now as vacation rentals for overnight guests and for visiting friends and family, Lansdowne is situated on 120 acres just one mile from the city limits of Natchez.
The House has been carefully preserved for over 160 years in order to maintain the original look and feel that is remarkably historically accurate. The house and its beautiful furnishings, along with the outbuildings and family stories, tell the history of Natchez through the lives of the Marshall family