Annandale Plantation

Annandale Plantation
Front facade of the main house. Two human figures under the far left arch of the front porch give an indication of scale.
LocationMannsdale, Madison, Mississippi
Coordinates32°30′56″N 90°11′08″W / 32.51545°N 90.18557°W / 32.51545; -90.18557
Built1857–59
Demolished1924
ArchitectJacob Lamour
Architectural style(s)Italianate

Annandale Plantation was a cotton plantation worked by enslaved laborers in what is now the Mannsdale neighborhood of Madison, Mississippi.

Its Italianate-style plantation house was designed and built for Margaret Louisa Thompson Johnstone, the wealthy widow of John T. Johnstone. Completed during the late 1850s, it was destroyed in a fire during the mid-1920s. A replacement, part of a modern residential development, was later built at the site during the mid-20th century.[1][2][3]

Before the new mansion was built, Mrs. Johnstone commissioned what is known as the Chapel of the Cross, in memory of her late husband. This Gothic Revival-style structure was completed in 1852 on the plantation property. Johnstone deeded it and 10 acres to the Episcopal Diocese. The chapel was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1972.[2]

  1. ^ Lane, Mills (1989). Architecture of the Old South: Mississippi and Alabama. Savannah, Georgia: The Beehive Foundation. pp. 178–179. ISBN 0-88322-038-5.
  2. ^ a b "Chapel of the Cross (Madison County, Miss.)". Mississippi Department of Archives and History. Archived from the original on February 25, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
  3. ^ "History". Annandale Golf Club. Retrieved August 5, 2012.