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 Forrest family, who run it as a bed and breakfast.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f 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]
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