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Tapestry
Saturdays
9:00
a.m.
Saturdays,
March 13, 20 & 27, April 3
Christ Episcopal Church(circa
1839)
1115 Main
Street
Christ
Church
is the first and oldest building built for public
assembly in
Vicksburg
. The cornerstone was laid in 1839 by Bishop Leonidas
Polk, who later was a Lieut. General in the
Confederate Army. During the siege of 1863, the Rev.
W.W. Lord conducted daily services, in spite of the
shelling. Many original furnishings are still in use
in the four regular weekly worship services. Features
two Tiffany stained-glass windows. The
mid-19th Century house next door is still the home
of the rector.
10:00a.m
Saturdays,
March 13, 20 & 27, April 3
Anchuca Historic
Mansion, circa 1830
1010 First
East Street
With
humble beginnings as a wood framed pioneer home,
Anchuca was built in 1830 by J.W. Maulding.
Victor Wilson completed the Greek Revival
structure we see today in 1847. Wealthy Joseph E.
Davis, patriarchal brother to President Jefferson
Davis, CSA, died here in 1870. Most notably the
balcony was the site where Jefferson Davis greeted
neighbors and friends while visiting his brother in
1869. This landmark is listed on the National
Register of Historic Places.
Tapestry
2010 Presentation:
Focuses on Joseph E. Davis the elder brother of and
adviser to Jefferson Davis, President of the CSA.
The prism of Joseph Davis’ life offers a vibrant
portrait of an incredible century of American
history. He died at Anchuca on September 18, 1870 at
the age of 87.
11:00 a.m.
Saturdays,
March 13, 20 & 27, April 3
The
Corners
Mansion
, circa
1873
601
Klein Street
Built
by the Kleins who lived
next door at Cedar Grove for a favored daughter,
Susan, the home features pierced columns with
symbols of love and marriage. The interior is
detailed with stunning crown moldings and ceiling
medallions. The home is surrounded by Creole
parterre gardens and courtyards.
Tapestry
2010 Presentation: Susan Bartley Klein's wedding dress will be displayed. Susan wore
the dress when she married Issac
Bonham on May 7, 1872 at Holy Trinity Episcopal
Church. The dress is golden colored silk with a high
lace collar and sleeves. It has some trapunto
flower designs on the back.
1:00
p.m.
Saturdays,
March 13, 20 & 27, April 3 at 1 p.m.
The Baer House,
1870
1117
Grove Street
This
exquisite example of East Lake Victorian
architecture, which features handcrafted American
chestnut and black walnut woodwork, was built by
Lazarus Baer for his wife Leona. On each side of the
entry are the original large formal parlors; one for
the family and one for guests.
Tapestry
2010 Presentation: Features The Art of Quilt Making with the Vicksburg Quilting
Guild demonstrating and discussing 1880’s-style
quilt making and design.
2:00 p.m.
Saturdays,
March 13, 20, 27 & April 3
The Martha Vick House, circa
1830
1300
Grove Street
The
last original Vick family home in
Vicksburg
. This Greek Revival mini-mansion built for the
unmarried daughter of Vicksburg’s founder, Newit
Vick, has been carefully restored and furnished as a
“fine but comfortable” home. Elegant 18th and
early 19th Century antiques and fine 20th Century
French paintings are displayed in every room.
History, architecture and treasures discussed
throughout.
Tapestry
2010 Presentation: Features the owners’ rarely seen collection of 18th and 19th
Century fine china, silver and antiques and
collection of late French Impressionist paintings.
3:00
p.m.
Saturdays,
March13,20 & 27,
April 3
The Mary Harwood House, circa
1825
600
Fort Hill Road
The
Mary Harwood House was built on the bluffs of Fort
Hill facing the
Mississippi River
in about 1825. In 1862, a large mound of earth was
built in front of the house by Confederate soldiers
to be used as an ammunition magazine for their
cannons in the defense of
Vicksburg
. Damage from intensive shelling by Union gunboats
during the siege is still visible in the interior
walls of the house.
Tapestry
2010 Presentation: The River Defense During the Siege of
Vicksburg
. The Mary Harwood was strategic in the defense of
Vicksburg
with a nine-inch Dahlgren cannon positioned in front
of the house, along with a large ammunition
magazine. The Union ironclad gunboat, the U.S.S.
Cincinnati, most likely took a direct hit from a
shot fired by the cannon and sank about one half
mile north.
4:00
p.m.
Saturdays,
March 13, 20 & 27, April 3
The George Washington Ball House, circa
1822
921
Main Street
Built
in
Vicksburg
’s oldest neighborhood by a distant cousin of
President George Washington, this frontier home
dates to the early 1820s. The George Washington Ball
House is an artifact of
Vicksburg
’s history. It predates its neighbors, including
the Old Court House. The architecture is quite
simple; somewhat Colonial and very Southern with
high ceilings and wide center halls downstairs and
upstairs. The George Washington Ball House is the
oldest house in the oldest neighborhood in
Vicksburg
.
Tapestry
2010 Presentation:
In researching the George Washington Ball House the
realistic presence of slavery was disclosed through
auction papers. The owner of the George Washington
Ball House will discuss the slave trade in
Vicksburg
.
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