Natchez. "Longwood", octagon house. Very elaborate brick house with porches, bays, tower, onion dome. Designed by Samuel Sloan for Haller Nut, who is reputed to have had a pre-Civil War fortune of up to $10 million, and owned over a thousand slaves on four plantations. Construction began in the spring of 1860. The U.S. Civil War started, and it was never finished. Reputed to be the largest octagonal house in North America, it would have had four floors, and thirty two major rooms.

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The B&W photographs above date from 1936.

Photographs

Sources: M. Culver. Dale Travis. Ellen Puerzer.
Entered: June, 2001.
Updated: February, 2007
Updated: March, 2010
Updated: August, 2011

Horn Lake. Octagon house. Built in 1844 for Dr. Samuel Raines.

At 6588 Horn lake Rd. Built in 1844 by Dr. Nathaniel Raines as a gift to his bride, Ann Eldridge,. The, eight-sided house is located on Horn Lake Road just south of Nail Road. Construction of the house was under the direction of William Gwinn. The original house was beautifully finished inside and out. Mr. Bryan Swilley has restored it to the grandeur it deserves. DeSoto County

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Sources: Elizabeth Seeley. Ellen Puerzer. Jay, at Whitehaven. Tim Harrison. Editor, DeSoto Descendants. Brian Hicks, director of the DeSort Museum. Historic Architecture in Mississippi, by Mary Wallace Crocker. 1973.
Entered: July, 2002.
Updated September, 2009

Lombardy. Octagonal office building. Two story. The J. K. Millen office building. The artesian well was just drilled.

Shown in a circa 1903 photograph.

Source: Lewis Millen
Entered: May, 2005.

Ocean Springs. Octagonal house. Now gone. Nothing else known.
Source: R. Kline.
Entered: September, 2002.

Pass Christian. Octagonal house. Construction date unknown. Single story. No cupola. Located at 251 East Peach Street. Current status unknown. Considered a bachelor's home when built.

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Source: Ellen Puerzer.
Entered: March, 2009.
Pass Christian. Octagonal house. Construction date unknown. Single story. No cupola. Located at 973 East Peach Street. Current status unknown. Considered a bachelor's home when built.

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Source: Ellen Puerzer.
Entered: March, 2009.

Hazelhurst. Octagonal house. Now gone. Nothing else known.
Source: R. Kline.
Entered: September, 2002.