Natchez National Historical Park
P.O. Box 1208
Natchez, MS 39121-1208

Phone: 601-446-5790

Before the Civil War, Natchez became a commercial, cultural, and social center of the South's "cotton belt." The city today represents one of the best preserved concentrations of significant antebellum properties in the United States. Within the park are Melrose, an excellent example of a planter's home, and the home of William Johnson, a prominent free black.