The Laurel Hill Plantation in

Adams County, Mississippi Adams County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 29,538. The county seat is Natchez. The county is the first to have been organized in the former Mississippi Territo ...

, about south of

Natchez, Mississippi Natchez ( ) is the only city in and the county seat of Adams County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 14,520 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located on the Mississippi River across from Vidalia, Louisiana, Natchez was ...

, is a historic

Southern plantation Plantation complexes were common on agricultural plantations in the Southern United States from the 17th into the 20th century. The complex included everything from the main residence down to the pens for livestock. Until the abolition of slav ...

. It was nominated for listing on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ...

, With . and was listed in 1982. The main house of the plantation no longer exists. The listing includes a historic brick church named St. Mary's Chapel () and a building from 1835 to 1840 which was a

parsonage A clergy house is the residence, or former residence, of one or more priests or ministers of a given religion, serving as both a home and a base for the occupant's ministry. Residences of this type can have a variety of names, such as manse, pa ...

for the church, or was an outbuilding to the parsonage, and other outbuildings. It has been listed on the National Register since October 26, 1982.

References

Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi Churches in Adams County, Mississippi Plantations in Mississippi National Register of Historic Places in Adams County, Mississippi {{Mississippi-church-stub