Glenfield Plantation

Glenfield Plantation (originally called Glencannon) is a one-level historic antebellum home in Natchez, Mississippi. Glenfield was built in two distinct architectural periods on a British land grant originally deeded to Henry LeFluer by King George III. The original 400 acres grew to a 2000-acre working cotton plantation through various ownerships, circa 1774-1812 and 1845–1858.[2] Glenfield was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi in 1990.[3]

Glencannon
Glenfield Plantation house
LocationJct. of Providence Rd. and Gov. Fleet Rd., Natchez, Mississippi
Area148.2 acres (60.0 ha)
Architectural styleGothic Revival
NRHP reference No.89002322[1]
Added to NRHPFebruary 8, 1990

Benjamin Monsanto and his wife Clare of the famous Sephardic Jewish slave trading Monsanto family purchased Glenfield Plantation in 1787.[4]

Glenfield was purchased in April 1880 by Osborne King Field, Sr. The descendants of Osborne King Field, Sr. and his third wife, Virginia Hamilton Field, still reside at Glenfield today as their private residence. Prior to 1880, Glenfield was called "Glencannon" by its previous owners, William and Jane Shipp Cannon.

Though Natchez, Mississippi, surrendered to Union troops, a skirmish during the Civil War was held here on the grounds of Glenfield (then Glencannon). A bullet hole in the front door and other preserved artifacts, including medals and buttons, have been recovered on the grounds in evidence of these facts.[5] Union soldiers had pickets and an encampment on the grounds of Glencannon, as written in the diary of Lucy A. Cannon, the Cannons' 15-year-old daughter. The house has been a historic house museum with tours for the public since 1932 as well as a bed-and-breakfast since 1992.[6]

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. "Fall Pilgrimage". Natchez Pilgrimage Tour. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  3. "Mississippi - Adams County". National Register of Historic Places. Retrieved 5 September 2014.
  4. Glenfield Plantation (10 September 2019). "Glenfield Plantation History".
  5. "Record Detail - OPAC Discovery". m60006.eos-intl.net. Retrieved 2015-11-27.
  6. "Historic Homes". Visit Natchez. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 5 September 2014.


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