McGehee Plantation

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McGehee Plantation
Location50 Ed Nelson Drive, Senatobia, Mississippi, U.S.
Built1856
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No. 07000648
Added to NRHPJuly 3, 2007

The McGehee Plantation is a historic site and former cotton plantation, located at 50 Ed Nelson Drive in Senatobia, Mississippi. [1] The mansion has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since July 3, 2007, for its architectural significance. [1]

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History

The land belonged to the Chickasaw Nation until 1830. [2] In 1854, it was acquired by planter Abner F. McGehee, the son of Hugh McGehee, [2] and nephew of Edward McGehee. The Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad ran through the grounds, making it a desirable business opportunity. [2]

The mansion, designed in the Greek Revival architectural style, was completed in 1856. [2] The mansion was built with the forced labor of enslaved African Americans, who also picked cotton in the fields. [2]

Author Stark Young grew up on the plantation, as his mother was a direct descendant of McGehee. [2] His 1934 novel, So Red the Rose, was based on this plantation, thus the fictionalized version was set in Natchez, Mississippi. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "McGehee Plantation". National Park Service. Retrieved September 3, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form: McGehee Plantation" (PDF). Mississippi Department of Archives and History . Retrieved September 3, 2015.