The House on Ellicot Hill is owned by the Natchez Garden Club. During Pilgrimage, they give a tour of the house and reenact firing guns and raising the flag on the grounds next to the house. We were invited to come by Hannah and Max and enjoyed our evening of history. Jane loved mingling and meeting the soldiers.
To explain the house's history, I have cut and pasted the info from its website.
James Moore, a prominent Natchez merchant, built The House on Ellicott Hill about 1798. This is the last remaining 18th Century merchant's house on Canal Street, and the oldest building exhibiting high-style architectural details such as fanlights in Natchez.
Among the noteworthy tenants were Samuel Brooks, later mayor of Natchez, and Dr. Frederick Seip of Philadelphia, a founder of the Natchez Hospital.
Interesting features include three bridges across the English basement at the back of the house, and a metal ship's lantern-dome adding height to the drawing room ceiling.
In 1797, Andrew Ellicott, sent by President George Washington to mark the boundary between the United States and Spanish Louisiana, set up his camp on this ridge, raising the American flag for the first time over the new territory. The United States flag of 1797 flown on Ellicott's Hill today commemorates this act.
http://www.natchezgardenclub.com/eh.htm
Alston and Archer Doyle (2 year old twins that live around the corner from us)
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