The Routhland is a historic mansion in

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. Construction began in 1815 in the Federal architectural style. It now has an Italianate style after extensive remodeling. The mansion has been listed on the

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since August 22, 1977. It is located at 131 Winchester road in Natchez, Adams County,

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History

In 1790, 180 acres of land was granted by

Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet Francisco Luis Héctor de Carondelet y Bosoist, 5th Baron of Carondelet, (born 1748, Noyelles-sur-Selle, County of Flanders, Flanders – died 1807 Quito, Ecuador) was a Spanish administrator of partial Burgundy, Burgundian descent in the employ ...

to Job Routh.Steven Brooke, ''The Majesty of Natchez'', Gretna, Louisiana: Pelican Publishing, pp. 52-5

/ref> He built a mansion called ''Routhland'' in the 1790s, but it was burnt down in 1855. Another mansion called ''Routhland'' was built in its place for Job Routh's daughter, Mary Routh, and her husband,

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, and it later was renamed Dunleith when purchased by planter Alfred Vidal Davis. Alfred Davis sold the property to Hiriam Baldwin in 1866 who died in 1866 and the property was sold to John R Stockton. The property was sold shortly thereafter to Joseph N Carpenter whose family held the property until 1976 Meanwhile, Job Routh's son, John Routh, has become one of the largest cotton planters in the world. From 1815 to 1824, he built this Routhland mansion on his father's land. It is the only remaining mansion under the name of ''Routhland'' in Natchez. It was first built in the Federal architectural style. It was later remodelled in the Greek Revival style, and later in the Italianate style. In 1871, it was purchased by Charles Clark, a

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veteran and former Governor of Mississippi from 1863 to 1865. Clark's descendants sold Routhland outside the family in 1946.

Heritage significance

It has been listed on the

since August 22, 1977.Historic Resources Inventory
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References

Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi Houses in Natchez, Mississippi Houses completed in 1824 National Register of Historic Places in Natchez, Mississippi {{Mississippi-stub