DUNLEITH HISTORIC INN - Peter Patout

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 20Classical Doorway. Design Likely Influenced by Asher Benjamin’s Pattern Books.Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 21Main house wing overlooking the courtyardPeter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 22YARDPeter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 23NIGHTLIFEPeter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 24FEATURES ON THE GROUNDSOriginal mid-19th century cast iron fenceThe exceptionally rare 19th century greenhouse and garden outbuildingsPeter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 25Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 26The Castle Restaurant & Pub, located in the 19th century Carriage HouseEntrance to the Castle Restaurant & PubPeter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 27Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 28Terraced lawn located to the rear of the Main HousePark-like lawn around Dunleith.Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 29The Poultry House, readapted to be the guest check-in.Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 30The former Dairy Barn at Dunleith, now a 3-bedroom luxury guest house.Guest check-in building, formerly the old 19th century Poultry House.Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 31In-ground pool for guests, to the rear of old Carriage House.Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 32Ancient Magnolia tree in the garden, planted in 1781.Dunleith land.Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 33HISTORIC PHOTOGRAPHSOx team with a load of cotton seedAgnes Carpenter in Mardi Gras dressPeter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 34Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 35TIMELINE61857Routhland II was built on the site of the original Routhland by Charles G. andMary Routh Dahlgren.1858Mary Routh passes away in March of a weak heart and Charles sales house toAlfred Vidal Davis.1859Alfred and his wife Sarah move into the home and rename it Dunleith.1861Alfred and his wife leave on a steamboat bound for Richmond, Virginia.1863Alfred and Sarah return home. Union Soldiers are occupying the city.1865Sarah Davis passes away.1866Alfred sales Dunleith to Hiram M Baldwin of Natchez.1868Hiram passes away suddenly in home. Dunleith taken over by John RStockton of Britton and Koontz Bank.1886Joseph Neibert Carpenter purchases Dunleith.1925Joseph Neibert Carpenter passes away leaving all property to his wife,Zipporah. Then, when Zipporah passed, it went to their son, Nathaniel Leslie.1935Nathaniel Leslie and wife Amelia apply to have Dunleith placed on NationalRegister of Historic Places.1886-1976Dunleith remains in the Carpenter Family for five generations.1976Breakfast.William F. Heins purchases property and operates Dunleith as a Bed and1999make majorMr. and Mrs. Ed Worley, along with their son Michael, purchase Dunleith andrenovations to the home. It continues as an Inn, along with The CastleRestaurant.20116Mr. Ed Worley’s death.Courtesy of Kimberly DeLorenze’s “Dunleith in Natchez: Historical Research”.Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 36OWNERSHIP CHRONOLOGY1834-1840Mary Routh Ellis and Thomas Percy Ellis They married in 1829Courtesy of the Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah,Georgia.1840-18591840Thomas Percy Ellis (1805-1839). Courtesy of theTelfair Museum of Art in Savannah, Georgia.Charles G. Dahlgren and the widow Mary Routh Ellis They married inCharles Dahlgren (1811-1888).Courtesy of Tennessee State Museum,Tennessee Historical Collection in Nashville, Tennessee.18551856-1857Routhland Mansion destroyed by firePresent Dunleith Mansion builtPeter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 371859-1866Alfred Vidal Davis (1826-1899) & Sarah Surgent Davis (1835-1865) Theymarried in 1855 and renamed the mansion Dunleith.Alfred Vidal Davis(1826-1899). Collection of KathieBlankenstein in Natchez, Mississippi.1866-1976Sarah Surgent Davis(1835-1865). Collection of KathieBlankenstein in Natchez, Mississippi.Joseph Neibert Carpenter & Zipporah Russell Carpenter and four generationsZipporah Russell Carpenter, The Thomas H.and Joan Gandy Photography Collection inNatchez, Mississippi.Joseph Neibert Carpenter, The Thomas H. andJoan Gandy Photography Collection in Natchez,Mississippi.1976-1999William Heins III1999-present Current OwnersPeter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 38HISTORY“Some of the following historic background information was taken from the nominationpapers for the National Register of Historic Places.The appraised manor house was constructed around 1856. Natchez itself was first settled in1716 when Fort Rosalie was built by the French. French control was supplanted by theBritish in 1763 and then by Spanish control in 1779. Natchez became part of the UnitedStates in 1798 and was until 1803 the southwestern most post of the American government.To improve communication and access, a series of old Indian paths was formed into a postroad between Nashville and Natchez, a road which exists today as a scenic routeadministered by the U.S. Park Service. Plans are currently underway for the proposedcompletion of the Natchez Trace to the Mississippi River. Dunleith is located adjacent to theproposed completion path of this historic road.Natchez is strategically located on the Mississippi River. The town evolved at the riverlanding, now known as Natchez-Under-The-Hill, and on the bluffs above. The countrysidesurrounding the town is gently rolling and scenic. The town had become a major cottonmarket and a cultural center by the time of the Civil War. The wealthy planters who lived inNatchez prior to the Civil War built magnificent homes on large estates that combined theelegance of living in town with the scenic beauty of living in the country. After the CivilWar, the economy of Natchez declined.Natchez was the first community to offer a tour of historic homes to the public. The tour, thePilgrimage, started in 1932 and has been enormously successful. The idea was copied earlyon by Charleston, South Carolina, where it has also been very successful.Dunleith was built around 1856. It occupies the site of an earlier house, Routhland, whichwas built probably in the late eighteenth century by Job Routh. One of the largest landownersand planters in the Natchez district, Routh was the son of Jeremiah Routh, a Welshimmigrant who in 1775 was one of the first English-speaking settlers to obtain a land grant inthe area. The wife of Job Routh was Anne Miller, sister of Christopher Miller, who served assecretary to the Spanish governor in Natchez, Don Manuel Gayoso de Lemos. In 1797, afterrefusing to cooperate with the United States surveyor, Andrew Ellicot, in locating theboundary line between American and Spanish territory, Governor Gayoso proceeded tostrengthen Fort Panmure, of which he was commandant. In retaliation, Lieutenant JohnMcCleary stationed troops on the grounds of Routhland and raised the American flag. Theencampment was shelled by the guns of Fort Panmure, prior to the Spanish evacuation in1798. In later years, cannon balls were plowed up in the fields of Routhland.The original house was a one-story structure, which Job Routh subsequently increased to twostories with columns and upper galleries on two sides. In 1837, “the large house, outhouses,and other buildings owned and occupied by the late Job Routh in his lifetime as a familyresidence, together with fifteen acres of land on which the house and other buildings aresituated”, passed to Mary M. Routh Ellis, daughter of Job Routh and wife of Thomas G.P.Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 39Ellis. The Ellis’ were the parents of the writer Sarah Anne Ellis Dorsey (1829-1879), whosubsequently bequeathed her Gulf Coast estate Beauvoir to Jefferson Davis. Mary RouthEllis’ second husband was Charles G. Dahlgren, brigadier general in the army of Mississippi,a member of General Leonidas Polk’s staff, and bitter opponent of the war policies of Davis.General Dahlgren was the son of Bernard Ulric Dahlgren, Swedish consul at Philadephia. Hisbrother was John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren (1809-1870), the father of American navalordnance.On August 17, 1855, according to General Dahlgren, Routhland “ was struck by lightningand destroyed, in consequence of my wife desiring terra cotta chimney tops placed, whichwere elevated above the surrounding china trees, and so affording an object for the electricfluid. I rebuilt the house after a plan by Mr. A. J. Downing, carried out by Mr. Crothers, oneof the best and ablest mechanics, will long remain as evidence of his skill and fidelity, for nomore substantial house was ever erected ” 77The Daily Democrat (Natchez), January 24, 1886, page 1, column 6Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 40FILMED AT DUNLEITH1957 Film: “Raintree County”Partially filmed at Dunleith1974 Film: “Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn”Columbia Pictures1998 TV Show: “Promised Land”CBS television2013 Film: “Get On Up”Natchez and Jackson locations were used for the filming of this film, even though none ofmovie takes place in Mississippi. 8 The film is director by Mississippi native Tate Taylor, andused Mississippi’s Movie Tax incentive program.8Courtesy of Sherry Lucas, The Clarion-Ledger.Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 41ADAMS COUNTY PROPERTY ASSESSMENTPeter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 42Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 43Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 44Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 45Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 46Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 47Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 48Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 49Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 50Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 51Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415-9730

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS – Property Information Packet – Page 52Peter W. Patout, RealtorHistoric House SpecialistLicensed in Louisiana and Mississippicell: (504) 481-4790Winter 2019www.PeterPatout.comTalbot Historic Properties605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117office: (504) 415

Dunleith Historic Inn, Natchez, MS - Property Information Packet - Page 1 Peter W. Patout, Realtor Winter Historic House Specialist Licensed in Louisiana and Mississippi cell: (504) 481-4790 2019 www.PeterPatout.com Talbot Historic Properties 605 Congress Street, New Orleans, LA 70117 office: (504) 415-9730