The McGehee Plantation is a historic site and former cotton plantation, located at 50 Ed Nelson Drive in Senatobia, Mississippi. The mansion has been listed on the

National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...

since July 3, 2007, for its architectural significance.

History

The land belonged to the

Chickasaw Nation The Chickasaw Nation (Chickasaw: Chikashsha I̠yaakni) is a federally recognized Native American tribe, with its headquarters located in Ada, Oklahoma in the United States. They are an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, original ...

until 1830. In 1854, it was acquired by planter Abner F. McGehee, the son of Hugh McGehee, and nephew of

Edward McGehee Edward McGehee (November 8, 1786 – October 1, 1880) was an American judge and major planter in Wilkinson County, Mississippi. He owned nearly 1,000 slaves to work his thousands of acres of cotton land at his Bowling Green Plantation. In the 183 ...

. The Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad ran through the grounds, making it a desirable business opportunity. The mansion, designed in the Greek Revival architectural style, was completed in 1856. The mansion was built with the forced labor of enslaved African Americans, who also picked cotton in the fields. Author Stark Young grew up on the plantation, as his mother was a direct descendant of McGehee. His 1934 novel, ''So Red the Rose'', was based on this plantation, thus the fictionalized version was set in Natchez, Mississippi.

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Plantation houses in Mississippi Houses completed in 1856 Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Mississippi National Register of Historic Places in Tate County, Mississippi Antebellum architecture Greek Revival houses in Mississippi Cotton plantations in Mississippi {{Mississippi-stub

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