Concord was a historic mansion in

Natchez, Mississippi Natchez ( ) is the county seat of and only city in Adams County, Mississippi, United States. Natchez has a total population of 14,520 (as of the 2020 census). Located on the Mississippi River across from Vidalia in Concordia Parish, Louisiana, N ...

. Built in 1789, it was the official residence of the Spanish Governors of Mississippi before it joined the United States. It was then acquired by the Minor family, who owned many Southern plantations, followed by a banker from New York. It burnt down in 1901.

History

The mansion was built for

Carlos de Grand Pré Carlos Louis Boucher De Grand Pré (October 25, 1745 – 1809) was Spanish governor of the Baton Rouge district (1799–1808) and of Spanish West Florida (1805), as well as brevet colonel in the Spanish Army. He also served as lieutenant govern ...

in 1789.Elmal Vaney
Lost Mississippi: Concord, Natchez (1789-1901)
Preservation in Mississippi, May 4, 2010 It was then known as Grand Pre. It was later acquired by

Manuel Gayoso de Lemos Don Manuel Luis Gayoso de Lemos y Amorín, KOM, OTS (May 30, 1747 – July 18, 1799) was the governor of Spanish Louisiana from 1797 until his death in 1799. Biography Early years and military career Born in Oporto, Portugal, on May 30, ...

, who renamed it Concord. His wife, Princess Theresa de Hopman of

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, died at Concord. Significant restoration was completed in 1794 or 1795.Mary Carol Miller, ''Lost Mansions of Mississippi'', Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi, 1996, pp. 3-

/ref> The mansion was then acquired by Stephen Minor, a banker and plantation owner.Clare D'Artois Leeper, ''Louisiana Place Names: Popular, Unusual, and Forgotten Stories of Towns, Cities, Plantations, Bayous, and Even Some Cemeteries'', Baton Rouge, Louisiana: Louisiana State University Press, 2012, p. 7

/ref> His son, William J. Minor, also a planter, inherited the mansion. In the era of the

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, both President

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and Secretary of State

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were guests. It was later acquired by Dr Stephen Kelly, a banker. It burnt down in 1901.Concord
,

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Description

The mansion was designed in the Spanish architectural style. Inside there were two circular staircases with marble steps.

References

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