Manship House

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The Manship House was built on a four-acre lot in a sparsely settled area of Jackson when it was a city of about 3,000. Although the city has grown up around the house, it stands in its original setting of native trees and shrubs, some of which may have been planted by Manship himself.

One of the few examples of Gothic-Revival residential architecture in Mississippi, the Manship House was inspired by a design in A.J. Downing’s Architecture of Country Houses, a popular nineteenth-century pattern book in which an almost identical house is pictured. Manship adopted the plan to a southern climate by adding floor-to-ceiling windows and a central hall for ventilation.
Master Bedroom, winter.

The house is painted its original olive drab and cream colors, discovered under many coats of paint, and the original shingled roof has been authentically reproduced. Inside are a parlor, a sitting room, a dining room, three bedrooms, and — a convenience unusual to the region — a bathing room.

The Manship House Museum hours are:
Tuesday-Friday 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Saturday 10:00 am - 4:00 pm

The Manship House Museum is closed on Sunday and Monday. Group tours are available by prior reservation.

DIRECTIONS:

To reach the museum in Jackson, take Interstate 55 to the Fortification Street exit. Proceed west on Fortification Street to Congress Street; turn right and then make an immediate left into the parking area of the Visitors Center, where your tour will begin.

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