OK, so on the third day, we woke up at our pretty bed and breakfast, and we explored Natchez after we had our breakfast.
Our favorite pastime it seems is looking at old houses with their gorgeous fences and landscaping, and my goodness, Natchez has so many glorious old houses!
We spent several hours just driving up and down streets and taking in the views. I could share hundreds of photos, but I’ve whittled them down to show the “best” ones.
About mid-day we toured a Natchez history photo exhibit at the chapel below. There were several rooms FULL of photographs and I’m sharing a few below. All of the historic photos were absolutely fascinating.
The stuffed cat below looks remarkably similar to one that was in the antique Christmas exhibit I shared a few months ago.
Recognize this house? A matching, modern-day photo is pasted above.
I also spotted these gorgeous stained glass windows in the chapel.
After spending an hour or so looking at the exhibit, we departed for lunch, but not before taking another photograph of a gorgeous iron fence.
We ate at a delicious bar-b-q restaurant and this “What I Love About The South” mural was on their wall.
This lovely old home was directly across the street.
After we ate, we decided to go back to the B&B and relax for a while. We passed by this place many times going to and from. I would bet that it’s the most photographed house in Natchez.
After reading for a while, I decided to take a walk down the street where our B&B was located. I don’t know, but my advice to “spend the afternoon ..” kept going through my head so I decided to take a stroll. These are the old homes that lined both sides of the road:
This little calico kept an eye on my progress.
We ate dinner at a pricey but wonderful restaurant that night and headed home the next day. We stopped in one of the few antique stores before heading out. I got lucky and found two matching wing chairs that I’ve been searching for. I’m having an Etsy seamstress make some slipcovers for them, and will show them to you soon.
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Home and Garden Thursday @ A Delightsome Life
Home Sweet Home @ The Charm of Home
Talk of the Town @ My Repurposed Life, Knick of Time, Beyond the Picket Fence, Love My Simple Home, and Sadie Seasongoods
Vintage Charm @ Adirondack Girl at Heart, My Thrift Store Addiction, Our Hopeful Home, and The Blue Willow House
Wow Us Wednesdays @ Savvy Southern Style
We were married at Dunleith, and Natchez is, to this day, our very favorite destination. I hope you were able to eat at Pearl Street Pasta whilst visiting – it’s the best!
Wow…incredible homes, and the photo with the original dismount block stopped me in my tracks. I also loved the photos, spent a lot of time looking at the group photo with the women holding hankies I’m sure to wipe off the sweat from all those layers of clothing and the saucy one with her hand on her hip. Wondered about the 4 black women behind them and were they freed slaves. Fascinating…
What beautiful houses and iron fencing. I would take lots of photos, too!!! It seems like a wonderful destination. Thanks for taking us along!
I need to go to Natchez!
Terrific photos, thank you for sharing. I’ve never been to MS, belive it or not, so that was treat.
Seeing your photos brought back memories of our very brief trip to Natchez on the way back from visiting family at Thanksgiving last year. I’ve been to Natchez before, but I swear we saw completely different things this time. I recognize a lot of those houses. One of the fun things we did was the clifftop walk…think it may have been called “Cliff Walk” or something. Very quaint houses on the river, but high on the cliff. There was a B&B up there. Someday! Gotta go back. Someday….
It’s a really neat city (or should I call it a town)? I’d like to visit there again every few years. It was just so relaxing and beautiful.
I’ve never been to Natchez but after seeing your photos, it is on my list of places to visit.
Beautiful old homes! Thanks for sharing at Home Sweet Home!
Loved your post, Kim–I think we are kindred spirits. I love visiting old towns and cities and photographing the great architecture and whatever else strikes my fancy. Thanks so much for sharing your Mississippi post with us at Vintage Charm 🙂
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Indeed we are! I always look forward to your posts about your vintage finds. Nothing is more thrilling to me than finding something I like at a bargain, so thanks for the thrills. 🙂