Vicksburg · Old Town: First East Street
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Victor and Jane Wilson's Greek Revival house: Main House and Old Quarters rooms are historic, the Carriage House undated, the Guest House c. 1890s.
- Built
- c. 1830–55Began as a two-story frame cottage of ca. 1830 by J. W. Mauldin; the Greek Revival house was added in the 1840s and early 1850s (Wikipedia gives a portico of 1847).
- Style
- Greek Revival
- Type
- Inn
- Rooms
- 11
- Price
- $
- Area
- Old Town: First East Street
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
J. W. Mauldin, a local politician, built the first cottage about 1830, and Victor and Jane Wilson, among Vicksburg’s most influential citizens, created the Greek Revival house. The family survived the 47-day siege of 1863, but their only son and an infant daughter died in the weeks after the surrender. Joseph Emory Davis, owner of Hurricane Plantation and brother of Jefferson Davis, lived here until his death in 1870, and Jefferson Davis is said to have addressed Vicksburg from the balcony in 1869. A two-story brick building behind the house, now guest rooms, was the original servants’ quarters; the inn’s history does not say who lived there. It opened to the public as a house of historic significance in 1955.
The ghost story
Visit Vicksburg's haunted-hotels article says legend holds that Richard Archer, named there as an early owner who raised five daughters in the house, forbade one from marrying the man she loved, and that her resentful spirit still roams the halls. A 2015 Legends Magazine story reprinted by HottyToddy.com also says there are rumors about the house.
Source: www.visitvicksburg.com
Good to know
- Breakfast: included
- Pets welcome
- Address: 1010 First East St, Vicksburg, MS 39183
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Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.