Natchez · Villas East & South of Town
Linden
The Conner family has owned this Federal house since 1849; six rooms are in the house, and the separate Guest House has no stated age.
- Built
- c. 1790–1818The inn says circa 1790 on its home page and 1785 on its history page. The nomination says the 1780s tradition conflicts with an 1803 deed that mentions no building on the tract, and that the Federal woodwork of the center section supports it being Thomas Reed's residence by 1818; the first deed-supported date is therefore 1818, and 1790 is the inn's claim.
- Style
- Federal with Greek Revival additions
- Type
- B&B
- Rooms
- 6
- Area
- Villas East & South of Town
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
Alexander Moore’s central two-story section is the oldest part of the house, known as Oaklands. U.S. Senator Thomas Buck Reed owned it from 1818, renamed it Reedland and added the frontispiece and east wing. Dr. John Ker, a physician and planter, bought it in 1829, renamed it Linden and added the living room wing and the 98-foot front gallery. Jane Gustine Conner, a planter’s widow, bought it in 1849, and her descendants still own it. The sources read do not address enslaved people at Linden.
The ghost story
Visit Vicksburg's roundup of haunted Mississippi stays reports the phantom of a horse-drawn carriage arriving at Linden's front entrance and the apparitions of a man and a woman on the grounds; it says the man has been spotted in the bedrooms and that guests have seen the woman jump from the roof and vanish. The piece names no witnesses, so read this as repeated lore.
Source: www.visitvicksburg.com
Good to know
- Breakfast: included
- No pets
- Address: 1 Conner Circle, Natchez, MS 39120
Sources (4)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.