Rosswood is a historic Southern plantation located off of

Mississippi Highway 552 Mississippi Highway 552 (MS 552) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Mississippi that travels through Claiborne County, Mississippi, Claiborne and Jefferson County, Mississippi, Jefferson counties. The highway, consisting of two seg ...

, in Lorman,

Jefferson County, Mississippi Jefferson County is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi; its western border is formed by the Mississippi River. As of the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census, the population was 7,726, making it the third ...

, USA. It was listed on the

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in 1978.National Register of Historic Places
/ref> It is also a

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History

It was built as a

cotton plantation A plantation is an agricultural estate, generally centered on a plantation house, meant for farming that specializes in cash crops, usually mainly planted with a single crop, with perhaps ancillary areas for vegetables for eating and so on. The ...

for Dr Walter Ross Wade (1810–1862) and his wife Mabella Chamberlain.Rosswood Official website: History
/ref> The architectural style of the

plantation house A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and e ...

Greek Revival The Greek Revival was an architectural movement which began in the middle of the 18th century but which particularly flourished in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, predominantly in northern Europe and the United States and Canada, but ...

. It has 14 rooms, with high ceilings, ten fireplaces, columned galleries, a winding staircase and original slave quarters. Before the

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, Wade and his wife held parties and balls and entertained guests. The property spanned and had 105 slaves. It is now only . During the Civil War, it was used as a hospital for the

Confederate States Army The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting ...

. In 1975, Colonel Walt Hylander and his wife Jean purchased the plantation and restored it. It was opened to the public as a house museum, and used for weddings and special occasions. In March 2019, Rosswood permanently closed to the public and is now a private residence.

References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi Houses in Jefferson County, Mississippi Greek Revival houses in Mississippi Plantation houses in Mississippi National Register of Historic Places in Jefferson County, Mississippi Slave cabins and quarters in the United States Cotton plantations in Mississippi {{Mississippi-NRHP-stub

History

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