Canemount Plantation
The Canemount Plantation is a historic Southern plantation in Lorman, Mississippi.
Location[]
It is located on Route 2 in the town of Lorman, in Jefferson County, Mississippi.[1] It is one mile north of the town of Alcorn and four miles away the Windsor Ruins.[2][3] It spans 10,000 acres of land.[1]
History[]
The plantation mansion was built for the Murdoch family in 1855.[1][2][3] It was designed in the Italianate Revival architectural style.[1] Four outbuildings were also built prior to the Civil War, some as early as 1826, including a barn and a slave cabin.[1][2]
It is now owned by the MDWFP. The state has turned the property into the . This site has approx. 3500 AC that is now open to the public hunting through WMA draw hunt permits.[4]
References[]
- ^ a b c d e Jack Baldwin, Baldwin's Guide to Inns of Mississippi, Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, pp. 75-77 [1]
- ^ a b c Natchez Trace Travel: Windsor Ruins Loop Route: Alcorn / Port Gibson, Mississippi
- ^ a b Cathy Summerlin, Traveling the Trace: A Complete Tour Guide to the Historic Natchez Trace from Nashville to Natchez, Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1995 [2]
- ^ "Canemount Wildlife Management Area". MDWFP. Retrieved 2019-07-29.
Coordinates: 31°53′40″N 91°07′36″W / 31.894343°N 91.126641°W
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