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| Circa 1875 photograph of Aaron Stanton (1840-1918), a son of David Stanton. The Stantons built the house around the Billiard Hall which they had built earlier on the grounds of The Elms. Aaron and his brother Samuel owned the house jointly until the Stone family acquired it in 1877. Now hanging in the Billiard Hall, this original photograph was a generous gift from Kathy Marshall and Merrill Flinn, a descendant of Aaron Stanton. |
Rare antique maps and prints adorn the walls of this unique Natchez MS bed and breakfast inn, outstanding for its antebellum origins as a private billiard hall built in the style of a Greek temple, as well as for its rare pocket doors with ornamental glasswork. The house was built by David Stanton, whose brother built world-famous Stanton Hall, also located in historic downtown Natchez.
Photo by Mark Coffey |
| Stone House with the early billiard hall columns visible at left rear. |
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| Entry Hall pocket doors. |
Circa 1850
804 Washington Street
Natchez, Mississippi 39120
(601) 445-7466
jstonehouse@bellsouth.net
Contents of this page © 2007 Joseph B. Stone.
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| The Joseph Newman Stone House pictured in 1881 with the Stone family and domestic help. Standing behind the white horse is J. N. Stone (1838-1886), who bought the house in 1877 from the David Stanton family. The house is now owned by his great-grandson, Joseph Britton Stone. A circa 1840 portrait of J. N. Stone's father, Dr. Charles Henry Stone, hangs in The Dining Room. At left is the Antebellum Music Room featuring the extraordinary fenestrated pocket doors. Enlarge the picture. |
This unique Natchez bed and breakfast includes the Master Bedroom and a Cottage. A full Southern breakfast is served in The Dining Room. Complimentary wine and live piano entertainment are offered in The Antebellum Music Room, while The Antebellum Billiard Hall offers billiards and other entertainment to guests. For those guests who are interested in shopping for antiques, a discount is offered in Stone Gallery of Antique Maps, Prints & Books. All these features are found in one conveniently located bed and breakfast in Natchez, Mississippi at the historic Stone House!
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| Click the image to enlarge. NST Civil War Magazine. Read the Article. |
The oldest part of this unique antebellum home was built circa 1850 as a luxurious private billiard hall by David Stanton, whose brother Frederic built Stanton Hall. The billiard hall stood on the grounds of The Elms, David Stanton's Natchez home, and was later expanded into a house. The house was acquired in 1877 by two Natchez natives, Joseph Newman Stone and his wife Theodora Britton, great-grandparents of the present owner, and is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Restoration undertaken in 1999 won the Historic Natchez Foundation's 2003 Restoration Award. The bed and breakfast accommodations were started in 2003. See The Billiard Hall for more history. Also, visit North South Trader’s Civil War Magazine website. The magazine included an extensive article on the Stone family in Volume 33 No. 4 / 2008.
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| Downtown Natchez MS in the Year 1900. |
The bed and breakfast is located in the Natchez Downtown Historic District, an easy walk to many historic antebellum tour houses, antique shops, fine restaurants for Natchez style dining, and the famous 200-foot bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River.
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| The Cottage Four-poster Bed. |
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| Old Natchez Scene. |
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| Historic Antebellum Billiard Hall. |
All early photos from the private collection of Joseph Stone.
Contents of this page © 2007 Joseph Britton Stone.