Natchez, Mississippi
Historic Hotels & Inns in Natchez
Fourteen historic stays in a Mississippi River city whose antebellum houses were built on the labor of enslaved people, from downtown town houses to the National Historic Landmark estates of Dunleith and Monmouth.
The short answer
Downtown is the place to leave the car parked: Choctaw Hall has four ground-floor suites in the Neibert-Fisk House, and 1858 Suites at Magnolia Hall has three upstairs suites in the Henderson-Britton House. For a National Historic Landmark, book Dunleith, whose 22 rooms, by the inn’s count, are in the main house, a brick courtyard building and a dairy barn, or Monmouth’s Main House or Courtyard Building, since its five other buildings date from 1982 to 1995. On North Union Street, The Burn has the Lucy Room in the main house and four rooms in the garçonnière. At Linden, book one of the six rooms in the house, and at Brandon Hall Plantation, ask for a main-house room. The wealth behind these houses came from enslaved labor, and the Forks of the Road slave-market site is one mile east of downtown.
Our top picks
Best overall
Dunleith Historic Inn
Built c. 1855–56
Charles Dahlgren's c. 1855 house; the inn counts 22 rooms, 11 in a brick building Wikipedia says would have housed the kitchen…
Best small inn
The Burn
Built 1834
Planter and banker John P. Walworth's 1834 Greek Revival house; the Lucy Room is in the main house and four rooms are…
Oldest
Linden
Built c. 1790–1818
The Conner family has owned this Federal house since 1849; six rooms are in the house, and the separate Guest House has…
Splurge
Brandon Hall Plantation
Built 1856
Gerard Brandon III's 1856 house over a brick house of 1809–20; five main-house bedrooms and two undated cottages. Ask for a main-house…
Best value
Natchez Manor
Built 1897–1904
A stuccoed-brick commercial building of 1897–1904 on Franklin Street, empty until a 2010 renovation made it a B&B; 14 rooms, the inn…
Compare them side by side
| Inn | Area | Built | Rooms | Type | Price | Haunted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linden | Villas East & South of Town | c. 1790–1818 | 6 | B&B | – | Yes | Rates |
| Monmouth Historic Inn | Villas East & South of Town | c. 1818–20 | 30 | Inn | – | Rates | |
| Beaumont House | Downtown & the Bluff | c. 1830 | 5 | B&B | – | Rates | |
| The Burn | North Union Street | 1834 | 5 | B&B | – | Rates | |
| Choctaw Hall | Downtown & the Bluff | c. 1836 | 4 | B&B | – | Rates | |
| The Guest House Natchez | Downtown & the Bluff | c. 1840 | 16 | Inn | – | Rates | |
| Dunleith Historic Inn | Villas East & South of Town | c. 1855–56 | 22 | Inn | – | Rates | |
| Brandon Hall Plantation | Washington & the Natchez Trace | 1856 | 5 | B&B | – | Rates | |
| The Natchez Pearl | Downtown & the Bluff | c. 1850–1920s | 5 | Inn | – | Rates | |
| 1858 Suites at Magnolia Hall | Downtown & the Bluff | c. 1858 | 3 | Inn | – | Rates | |
| Weymouth Hall | Cemetery Bluff | 1852–60 | – | B&B | – | Rates | |
| Natchez Manor | Downtown & the Bluff | 1897–1904 | 14 | B&B | – | Rates | |
| Devereaux Shields House | North Union Street | 1870s–1904 | 9 | B&B | – | Rates | |
| The King’s Daughters | Cemetery Bluff | 1911 | 5 | B&B | $ | Rates |
Price is a typical nightly rate: $ under $200, $$ $200–349, $$$ $350–549, $$$$ $550+. Rates vary by season; check the inn for exact prices.
Where they are
The neighborhoods
Where to stay, by area
Downtown & the Bluff
Downtown sits on the bluff in the Natchez On-Top-of-the-Hill Historic District, and the Natchez Bluffs and Under-the-Hill Historic District runs along its river edge; Silver Street, below the bluff, was the old cotton port. Six stays are here: Choctaw Hall, The Guest House Natchez, The Natchez Pearl, Beaumont House, Natchez Manor and 1858 Suites at Magnolia Hall. The Natchez Pearl puts the bluff a three-block walk from its door, and The Guest House says it is three blocks from the river. The William Johnson House on State Street, part of Natchez National Historical Park, was the home of a free Black barber who also held people in slavery.
North Union Street
The Upriver Residential District holds two stays on North Union Street. The Burn, the Walworth family’s 1834 house, is what its nomination calls the oldest documented Greek Revival residence in Natchez, and it was a Union engineering headquarters inside Fort McPherson during the Civil War. Devereaux Shields House is three Victorian houses with nine rooms, which it says are within walking distance of downtown restaurants, shops and the river bluff. It is not the individually listed Lisle-Shields Town House next door.
Cemetery Bluff
The Cemetery Bluff District lines Cemetery Road on the bluff above the Mississippi, beside the Natchez City Cemetery, which the City says was established in 1822. Its two stays are Weymouth Hall, a Greek Revival mansion of 1852–60 overlooking the river, and The King’s Daughters, a home for unwed mothers and their children from 1911. The King’s Daughters puts itself a five-minute drive or about a 25-minute walk from downtown, and Weymouth Hall calls it a short drive.
Villas East & South of Town
Beyond the old town, cotton money built villas on large grounds. Three stays are out here: Monmouth, a National Historic Landmark on 26 acres where only the Main House and Courtyard Building rooms are historic; Linden, with six rooms on seven acres a mile and a half from downtown; and Dunleith, a National Historic Landmark on 40 acres. Plan to drive. This side of town also holds sites that show how that wealth was made: Forks of the Road, the slave-market site at Liberty Road and D’Evereux Drive, with a free exhibit area and new panels installed in 2026, and Melrose, part of Natchez National Historical Park, where the Park Service counts 22 enslaved people living and working in the 1860 census.
Washington & the Natchez Trace
Brandon Hall Plantation has a Natchez mailing address but sits in the Washington vicinity on 45 acres beside the Natchez Trace Parkway, 15 minutes from downtown by the inn’s count. Its 1856 Greek Revival house stands over a three-room brick house of 1809–20. The inn sells rooms in the house, a five-bedroom whole-house rental and two garden cottages of no stated age, which its booking engine lists as Carpenter Cottage and Whitehall Cottage, so ask for a main-house room. Historic Jefferson College is closed during rehabilitation, which leaves the Parkway’s Emerald Mound and Mount Locust stops as the nearby draws. You need a car here.
The inns
Built c. 1790–1818 · Federal with Greek Revival additions · Villas East & South of Town · B&B
Linden
Why stay 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.
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.
Good to know Breakfast: included · No pets
Built c. 1818–20 · Federal, remodeled late Greek Revival · Villas East & South of Town · Inn
Monmouth Historic Inn
Why stay John Hankinson's house, which the inn says free and enslaved hands built. Book the Main House or Courtyard Building; five others date from 1982–95.
Good to know Breakfast: included · No pets
Built c. 1830 · Greek Revival-era frame cottage · Downtown & the Bluff · B&B
Beaumont House
Why stay A frame house of about 1830 on Main Street, run by a father and daughter; the inn lists five rooms, two blocks from St. Mary Basilica.
Good to know Breakfast: included
Built 1834 · Greek Revival · North Union Street · B&B
The Burn
Why stay Planter and banker John P. Walworth's 1834 Greek Revival house; the Lucy Room is in the main house and four rooms are in the garçonnière.
Good to know Breakfast: included
Built c. 1836 · Neo-Classical / Greek Revival · Downtown & the Bluff · B&B
Choctaw Hall
Why stay The Neibert-Fisk House of c. 1836; owner Alvarez Fisk backed a society resettling free Black people in Africa. The inn lists four ground-floor suites.
Good to know Breakfast: included
Built c. 1840 · Greek Revival; Colonial Revival · Downtown & the Bluff · Inn
The Guest House Natchez
Why stay An 1840 house, the inn says, enlarged for the Elks in 1902–03; rooms are named for Hiram Revels, William Johnson and people who built or kept it.
Built c. 1855–56 · Greek Revival · Villas East & South of Town · Inn
Dunleith Historic Inn
Why stay Charles Dahlgren's c. 1855 house; the inn counts 22 rooms, 11 in a brick building Wikipedia says would have housed the kitchen and slave quarters.
Good to know No pets
Built 1856 · Greek Revival · Washington & the Natchez Trace · B&B
Brandon Hall Plantation
Why stay Gerard Brandon III's 1856 house over a brick house of 1809–20; five main-house bedrooms and two undated cottages. Ask for a main-house room.
Built c. 1850–1920s · Brick dependency; 1920s frame house · Downtown & the Bluff · Inn
The Natchez Pearl
Why stay Rear units of c. 1850–57, the inn says for Frederick Stanton's stable workers (sources don't say if they were enslaved), and a 1920s main house.
Built c. 1858 · Greek Revival, with faux brownstone facade · Downtown & the Bluff · Inn
1858 Suites at Magnolia Hall
Why stay Three upstairs suites in the Henderson-Britton House, cotton merchant Thomas Henderson's of about 1858, now the Natchez Garden Club's headquarters.
Built 1852–60 · Greek Revival · Cemetery Bluff · B&B
Weymouth Hall
Why stay A Greek Revival mansion of 1852–60 on Cemetery Bluff above the Mississippi; its nomination says it was probably built for Reuben and Sarah Bullock.
Good to know Breakfast: included
Built 1897–1904 · Commercial · Downtown & the Bluff · B&B
Natchez Manor
Why stay A stuccoed-brick commercial building of 1897–1904 on Franklin Street, empty until a 2010 renovation made it a B&B; 14 rooms, the inn says.
Good to know Breakfast: included
Built 1870s–1904 · Queen Anne Victorian · North Union Street · B&B
Devereaux Shields House
Why stay Three Victorian houses on North Union Street, the Main House from 1901–04; not the listed Lisle-Shields house next door. Nine rooms, the inn says.
Good to know Breakfast: included · Pets welcome
Built 1911 · American Foursquare; Colonial Revival and Bungalow elements · Cemetery Bluff · B&B
The King’s Daughters
Why stay A home for unwed mothers and infants from 1911 until the late 1970s, on the bluff above the Mississippi; five rooms, the inn says.
Good to know Breakfast: included
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Before you book
Planning your stay
Getting around
United Express has flown daily between Natchez-Adams County Airport (HEZ) and Houston since July 1, 2026, the first commercial service there in more than 30 years. The airport is 7 miles from downtown, and Visit Natchez lists an Enterprise nearby plus taxis and a shuttle bus. By Visit Natchez’s mileage, the other airports are Alexandria at 70 miles, Baton Rouge at 81, Jackson at 105 and New Orleans at 170. Downtown and North Union Street are walkable; Linden, Monmouth, Dunleith, Cemetery Bluff and Brandon Hall call for a car or a short drive. The Natchez Transit Authority offers call-ahead pickup and drop-off inside the city limits from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. The Natchez Trace Parkway starts at Milepost 0 near Natchez; its October 28, 2026 status page listed no closures through Milepost 50, with two sections farther north closed and detoured.
Parking
We found no City rules for downtown parking, so ask your inn. Dunleith, Linden, Beaumont House, The King’s Daughters and The Natchez Pearl publish free parking, Devereaux Shields House has secure off-street parking, and 1858 Suites includes off-street parking in designated spaces. Monmouth, The Burn, Weymouth Hall, Choctaw Hall, The Guest House, Natchez Manor and Brandon Hall publish nothing on the pages we read, so confirm before you book. Parking is very limited around the City Cemetery during Angels on the Bluff, which runs free shuttles from the Natchez Civic Center.
When to go
Spring Pilgrimage is the anchor: Natchez Pilgrimage Tours lists Spring Pilgrimage 2027 for March 11–April 10, and the Natchez Garden Club’s own 2027 dates weren’t confirmed. The Natchez Literary & Cinema Celebration runs February 18–20, 2027. Fall Pilgrimage ran in two overlapping sets from September 17 to October 17 in 2026, and 2027 dates aren’t announced; Visit Natchez says the Natchez Balloon Festival takes the third weekend of October. Summer is the off-season for a reason: the Park Service gives temperatures of 70–95 F and warns of heat exhaustion, against 50–83 F in spring and 55–79 F in fall.
Accessibility
Antebellum houses mean stairs, and no stay publishes a fully accessible historic room on the pages we read. Monmouth’s Main House antebellum rooms are upstairs with no elevator; its ground-floor rooms are in the modern Plantation Suites and Carriage House. Dunleith’s eight Main House rooms are reached only by staircase, while its Courtyard Rooms have ground-level access. Choctaw Hall’s four suites are on the ground floor, and 1858 Suites are upstairs. Linden says ‘limited disabled access,’ so email first, and Devereaux Shields House says wheelchair access is not possible but publishes step counts. At Melrose, a rear ramp reaches the mansion’s first floor only.
Before you book
Terms tighten in peak weeks: Beaumont House charges the full stay at booking, non-refundable, for holidays, Natchez Pilgrimage and all of October, and The Burn lists a two-night minimum for Balloon Race Weekend. Absolute Charm, which books 1858 Suites, requires two nights on weekends. Monmouth adds a mandatory $19.95 nightly package, and its 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. tours are free for overnight guests; The Burn’s rates include breakfast and a private tour. Choctaw Hall gives vouchers for nearby restaurants, and The Guest House, The Natchez Pearl and 1858 Suites state no breakfast. Age limits differ: The Burn takes 12 and up, Linden and Devereaux Shields House 10 and up, and The King’s Daughters 13 and up.
Questions travelers ask
What is the oldest place to stay in Natchez?
Linden makes the oldest claim, and it’s disputed: the inn says circa 1790 on its home page and 1785 on its history page, but its National Register nomination notes an 1803 deed mentioning no building and supports the house by 1818. Monmouth dates itself to 1818, and its National Historic Landmark nomination says about 1820. Brandon Hall Plantation’s 1856 house rises over a brick house of 1809–20, and The Burn (1834) is what its nomination calls the oldest documented Greek Revival residence in Natchez.
What is the best area to stay in Natchez?
Stay downtown if you want to walk to restaurants, the bluff and the museum houses: Choctaw Hall, The Guest House Natchez, The Natchez Pearl, Beaumont House, Natchez Manor and 1858 Suites at Magnolia Hall are all here. North Union Street (The Burn, Devereaux Shields House) is the quieter walkable choice. Pick Cemetery Bluff for river views (Weymouth Hall, The King’s Daughters), the villas for big grounds (Monmouth, Dunleith, Linden) or Brandon Hall Plantation for the Natchez Trace, and plan on driving from any of those.
Can you stay in an antebellum mansion in Natchez?
Yes, but check which building you’re booking. Dunleith’s eight Main House rooms, Linden’s six rooms, Weymouth Hall and Choctaw Hall’s ground-floor suites are all inside antebellum houses, and The Burn has one main-house room plus four in its garçonnière. At Monmouth, only the Main House and Courtyard Building rooms are historic, since the other buildings date from 1982 to 1995, and at Brandon Hall Plantation you should ask for a main-house room, not a cottage. 1858 Suites at Magnolia Hall are three upstairs suites in the Henderson-Britton House, run as vacation rentals.
When is the Natchez Pilgrimage?
Spring Pilgrimage 2027 runs March 11–April 10, per Natchez Pilgrimage Tours; the Natchez Garden Club’s own dates weren’t confirmed. Fall Pilgrimage ran in two overlapping sets in 2026: the Pilgrimage Garden Club on September 17–19, 24–26 and October 1–3, and the Natchez Garden Club on September 26–October 17. Fall 2027 dates aren’t announced. Stays on the 2026 fall tours included Monmouth, The Burn, Choctaw Hall, Linden and Magnolia Hall.
What should I know about slavery and Natchez’s historic houses?
Natchez’s wealth came from enslaved labor: the Park Service calls the mid-19th-century city the epicenter of American capitalism and American slavery, and National Parks magazine reports that enslaved people built and maintained most of its structures. The Forks of the Road market, one mile east of downtown, was the second busiest slave-trading market in the Deep South between 1832 and 1863, by the Park Service’s account. Melrose and the William Johnson House, the home of a free Black barber who also held people in slavery, tell that history at Natchez National Historical Park. Among the stays, Monmouth’s history pages say free and enslaved hands built the house and name people enslaved there, including Aunt Dicey, Harry Nichols, and Belle and Viola Vessels; by owner John A. Quitman’s death in 1858, his family held hundreds of enslaved people. The Guest House Natchez names rooms for Black Natchez figures and for people it lists among those who built or kept the house. Where a stay’s sources say nothing, that isn’t evidence there were no enslaved people there.
Is there a haunted place to stay in Natchez?
There’s no official ranking, and these are stories, not documented fact. Linden is the stay here with a published ghost story we’d repeat: Visit Vicksburg’s roundup of haunted Mississippi stays tells of a phantom carriage at the front entrance and of a man and a woman on the grounds, and it names no witnesses.
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How we chose these inns
Every place on this page is at least 50 years old, holds a credential we can check (National Register listing, a listed historic district, landmark status, or Historic Hotels of America membership), and takes bookings today. We verify each one against primary sources before it goes on the list, and last checked this list in October 2026. Read our criteria.
Planning details on this page (parking, transport, seasons and events) come from: nps.gov, natchez.ms.us, en.wikipedia.org, visitnatchez.org, natchezpilgrimage.com, thenatchezpearl.com, tghnatchez.com, thebeaumonthousenatchez.com, natchezmanor.com, catalog.archives.gov, theburnbnb.com, dshieldsusa.com, weymouthhall.com, thekingsdaughtersbandb.com, knoe.com, monmouthhistoricinn.com, lindenbandb.com, dunleithhistoricinn.com, mdah.ms.gov, brandonhallplantation.com, choctawhall.com, absolutecharm.com, mississippiencyclopedia.org, visitvicksburg.com, wjtv.com, parkplanning.nps.gov, npca.org, mshistorynow.mdah.ms.gov, natchezballoonfestival.com, colin.edu, littleeasytours.com, cruiseexperts.com.
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