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re: Post some pictures of the best houses from your hometown
Posted on 1/17/14 at 2:23 pm to Bama Bird
Posted on 1/17/14 at 2:23 pm to Bama Bird
This is my favorite house in the Delta. Mont Helena..built on an Indian Mound in the middle of a cotton field. Talk about haunted...
I also love this one, but it's not in good shape. Someone needs to restore it before it's too late.
Mount Holly on Lake Washington in Glen Allan, MS.
Built prior to the civil war in the 1840s, one of the oldest remaining houses in the delta. Abe Lincoln, General Lee, George Sherman and General Grant all were host to the plantation owners wife. The house was spared by Sherman on his march because he was friends with the lady. It was owned and built by her, which was rare back then for a woman.
I also love this one, but it's not in good shape. Someone needs to restore it before it's too late.
Mount Holly on Lake Washington in Glen Allan, MS.
Built prior to the civil war in the 1840s, one of the oldest remaining houses in the delta. Abe Lincoln, General Lee, George Sherman and General Grant all were host to the plantation owners wife. The house was spared by Sherman on his march because he was friends with the lady. It was owned and built by her, which was rare back then for a woman.
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Posted on 1/17/14 at 2:36 pm to deltaland
I didn't grow up in a town, but here's two Fayetteville ones, one historic I like, and one that's really big and nice.
And here's a weird on that looks like a castle:
And here's a weird on that looks like a castle:
This post was edited on 1/17/14 at 2:37 pm
Posted on 1/17/14 at 2:39 pm to deltaland
Mississippi sure has a lot of historic old homes. 
Eastern Arkansas was the economic center of the state back when cotton was king. I'm sure there are some great ones down there, too, I'm just not real familiar with that part of the state.
Eastern Arkansas was the economic center of the state back when cotton was king. I'm sure there are some great ones down there, too, I'm just not real familiar with that part of the state.
This post was edited on 1/17/14 at 3:14 pm
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:06 pm to wmr
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Easterm Arkansas
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:21 pm to 3nOut
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3nOut
Sweet pad. Didn't know he lived in Temple.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 3:46 pm to idlewatcher
I pass by it every day when I take my kid to school. It's like 20 acres in the middle of a middle class neighborhood.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 5:32 pm to MontanaMax
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Every time I pass that first house you posted I can only imagine the person living in it is a huge coke head. Just has that Pablo Ecobar type feeling.
Owner of Heartland Catfish lives in that house now.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 5:36 pm to deltaland
I'm not about to post some pictures of houses in Bryan, TX. frick that.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 5:39 pm to 3nOut
Draytons compound in Cypress near Houston was awesome. Had train tracks and a little train running around just like Minute Maid 
Posted on 1/17/14 at 5:39 pm to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
There are some pretty sick ones in Traditions and Miramont. All brand new and not historic, but still massive homes
Posted on 1/17/14 at 5:46 pm to ShaneTheLegLechler
That's true. Some of the older houses near Bryan PD and the courthouse are unique but I don't know their names to find pictures.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 5:52 pm to WhiskerBiscuitSlayer
Yeah they are. There's a little neighborhood just east of Texas I believe near a park that has some very cool old homes. Not sure what shape they are in now but if they were restored they would be gorgeous
There's some awesome restored homes in Southside in CS too
There's some awesome restored homes in Southside in CS too
This post was edited on 1/17/14 at 5:53 pm
Posted on 1/17/14 at 5:59 pm to deltaland
Christmas 2013 @ Beauvoir, last home of Jefferson Davis:
This post was edited on 1/17/14 at 6:05 pm
Posted on 1/17/14 at 6:06 pm to deltaland
Not my hometown but I worked in this town when I was younger.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 6:15 pm to Cheese Grits
Probably the biggest house in the state at 45,000 square feet (Biltmore in NC is around 180,000 square feet so about 1/4 size of Biltmore) and built about 100 years ago with TX oil money.
Old Postcard
Entrance
Old Postcard
Entrance
Posted on 1/17/14 at 8:12 pm to Cheese Grits
House in Greenwood during the 1983 flood
Some other cool places in the Delta
Tallahatchie Flats: Place North of Greenwood close to the town of Money not far from the Store that Emmitt TIll was murdered for whistling at a white woman, sparking the Civil Rights movement. You can rent out an original sharecroppers house for the night like a motel..also a bar on site.
Hopson Plantation: Restaurant and Bar made from an old cotton gin..original mechanized cotton picker out front...the first one produced supposedly. Also has sharecropper cabins to rent out.
Dockery Farms Service Station: Sits right across from the dirt road that leads to the real crossroads where blues legend Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil
The crossroads
Some other cool places in the Delta
Tallahatchie Flats: Place North of Greenwood close to the town of Money not far from the Store that Emmitt TIll was murdered for whistling at a white woman, sparking the Civil Rights movement. You can rent out an original sharecroppers house for the night like a motel..also a bar on site.
Hopson Plantation: Restaurant and Bar made from an old cotton gin..original mechanized cotton picker out front...the first one produced supposedly. Also has sharecropper cabins to rent out.
Dockery Farms Service Station: Sits right across from the dirt road that leads to the real crossroads where blues legend Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil
The crossroads
Posted on 1/17/14 at 9:11 pm to MontanaMax
Not many mansions here. Most expensive homes are in the 2-3 million range, which isn't a lot here. Avg. house costs over 400,000
I like this one, it's on the waterfront and has a private dock.
I like this one, it's on the waterfront and has a private dock.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 9:30 pm to Shunface
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Isn't the third one Jim Gallagher's house?
Negative. Jim's house isn't that big actually. It's a good size house but not like that.
Posted on 1/17/14 at 11:19 pm to deltaland
Bloomfield Manor
Thomas Beebe Ripy House
Henry Clay House
Mary Todd Lincoln House (you can see Rupp Arena to the left in the pic)
Martin Castle
Tony Ryan Farmhouse
Calumet Farmhouse
Thomas Beebe Ripy House
Henry Clay House
Mary Todd Lincoln House (you can see Rupp Arena to the left in the pic)
Martin Castle
Tony Ryan Farmhouse
Calumet Farmhouse
This post was edited on 1/18/14 at 3:49 pm
Posted on 1/18/14 at 12:00 am to deltaland
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