Vicksburg · Old Town: First East Street
Duff Green Mansion
Merchant Duff Green's brick house of about 1856–66, a Confederate hospital in the war; nine rooms, the inn says, eight of them in the main house.
- Built
- c. 1856–66Nomination: constructed ca. 1856-1866, begun soon after Duff Green's 1855 marriage and not completed until after the Civil War.
- Style
- Italianate-influenced three-story brick townhouse
- Type
- B&B
- Rooms
- 9
- Price
- $
- Area
- Old Town: First East Street
- Credentials
- Listed on the National Register of Historic Places
The story
Duff Green, a Virginia-born merchant who reached Vicksburg in 1847, began the house after marrying Mary Lake in 1855, on lots owned by her parents. During the Civil War it served as a Confederate hospital, and the nomination says Union wounded were placed on the second floor to discourage bombardment. Green later became a U.S. marshal and a bank and shipping figure before his death in 1880. The Salvation Army bought the house in 1932 and used it for about 46 years. The inn says two of the Green children died in the home. The sources read do not address enslaved people in the Green household.
The ghost story
Visit Vicksburg's haunted-hotels article says guests may see apparitions of bloodstained floors, hear the voices and footsteps of Confederate soldiers and see the ghost of Little Annie Green, who died at age six. The inn's own FAQ says two of the Green children died in the home and that some guests have reported unexplained activity, though nothing frightening.
Source: www.visitvicksburg.com
Good to know
- Breakfast: included
- Pets welcome
- Address: 1114 First East St, Vicksburg, MS 39183
Sources (3)
Last verified October 2026. Details change; confirm with the inn before you book.