The Bernheimer Building is an Italianate house in

Port Gibson Port Gibson is a city in Claiborne County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 1,567 at the 2010 census. Port Gibson is the county seat of Claiborne County, which is bordered on the west by the Mississippi River. It is the site of th ...

Claiborne County, Mississippi Claiborne County is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 9,135. Its county seat is Port Gibson. The county is named after William Claiborne, the second governor of the Mississippi Territo ...

. Built about 1872, it was designated a historic landmark on May 14, 2003. Businessmen Samuel and Jacob Bernheimer built a set of buildings of different architectural styles on the site of a previous house that was used during the

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as the headquarters of Gen.

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following the May 1, 1863 Battle of Port Gibson. Located within the Port Gibson Historic District, it now operates as a bed and breakfast.

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