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Tapestry
Thursdays
9:00
a.m.
Thursdays,
March 11, 18 & 25, April 1
Jacqueline House
1325 Main Street
The
Jacqueline House celebrates its 15th anniversary
this year as
Vicksburg
’s only African American museum.
It was dedicated and opened by Jacqueline
Robbins Rose's children on Mother's Day 1995, ten
months after her death. Its value has been to model
a new kind of attitude and concept about the way we
preserve the things we love.
Tapestry
2010
Presentation:
Features the private papers from Mrs. Hilner
Connor; Josephine Buck on tape; Tom Wince's papers;
Dr. McAllister's family pictures, her diplomas and
degrees; Dr. Bowie's dissertation for his PhD from
Johns Hopkins; Mrs. Rosa Temple's photo album; other
invaluable archives relating to local legends
recognized worldwide: fashion designer Patrick
Kelly, actress Beah
Richards, Blues legend Willie Dixon, jazz great Milt
Hinton, and the godmother of blues "Mama
Laura" Laura Mae Gross.
10:00
a.m.
Thursdays,
March 11, 18 & 25, April 1
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 of Vicksburg is visible today 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.
11:00a.m.
Thursdays,
March 11, 18 & 25, April 1
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.
1:00 p.m.
Thursdays,
March 11, 18, 25 & April 1
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.
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.
2:00 pm
Thursdays,
March 11, 18, 25 & April 1
The Cobb House, circa 1830
1302 Adams
Street
The
Cobb House is a Greek Revival
home purchased by the Sisters of Mercy in 1860 and
served as the Sisters’ first convent and school.
During the Civil War the Cobb House served as a
barracks to both armies between 1862 and 1864.
Jefferson Davis spoke from the portico in 1869 after
he was released from prison. The Cobb House is
located on the grounds of the Southern Cultural
Heritage Center.
Tapestry
2010 Presentation: Features a guided tour by curator or director focusing on the
Sisters of Mercy.
3:00
p.m.
Thursdays,
March 11, 18 & 25, April 1
The Shlenker House,
circa
1907
2212
Cherry Street
Shlenker
House was built in 1907 in the Prairie style by
prominent Jewish businessman D.J. Shlenker.
The current owners have restored the home to its
original grandeur which features stained glass
windows and fine wood work. Shlenker
House is furnished with period antiques, family
heirlooms and a fine collection of works by Southern
artists.
Tapestry
2010 Presentation:
Demonstrates the lost art of tatting, displays of
fine linens and laces and clothing, as well as an
exhibit of antique tools.
4:00
p.m.
Thursdays,
March 11, 18, 25 & April 1
Linden
Plantation
Gardens
505 Duncan Road
The
ten acres of formal and informal gardens at the
plantation that has been in the Brabston
family since 1827 includes century-old red cedars,
magnolias, and rare native plants. Listed on
the national Audubon birding map,
Linden
's
Plantation
Gardens
presents two traditional forms of French and English
landscape.
Tapestry
2010 Presentation: Featuring its French and English Modern Landscapes, garden tour
and tour of home.
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