The Dining Room is filled with history. Click for more historic pictures (or scroll down).
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| George Ohr and Newcomb pottery collection. | Circa 1840 portrait of Dr. Charles Henry Stone (1806-1864), father of J. N. Stone. | Elaborately fenestrated pocket doors lead to The Antebellum Music Room. | Native American pottery collection. |
| Rare antique maps and prints adorn the walls of this unique bed and breakfast, ideally located in the Natchez Downtown Historic District. A unique architectural gem, outstanding for its origins as an Antebellum Billiard Hall built in the style of a Greek Temple as well as for its rare pocket doors with ornamental glasswork, the house was built by David Stanton, whose brother Frederic built world-famous Stanton Hall. | |||
Contents of this page © 2007 Joseph Britton Stone.
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| Ancestors' pictures: Hendrix great-grand-parents top, John C. Jenkins center, Shields and Jenkins miniatures on Gothic Revival credenza. |
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| 19th century cranberry crystal chandelier. |
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| Gas wall sconces by Cornelius and Baker, Philadelphia. |
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| Dr. Charles Henry Stone (1806-1864), first Stone ancestor in Natchez. |
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| Little Charles Henry Stone (1877-1890), grandson of Dr. C.H. Stone, died in childhood. |
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| Charles Henry Stone III (1916-1993), great-grandson of Dr. C.H. Stone. |
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| Julia Devereux (Hendrix) Stone (1921-1997), wife of Charles Henry Stone, at Lansdowne in 1941 as Pilgrimage Garden Club Queen. |
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| 18th century Welsh dresser, gilded mid-19th century English china and an antique set of Gilbert and Sullivan china. |
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| Family pictures around the china cabinets. |
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| Renaissance Revival china cabinet. |
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| The casket on the "Bottle Table" holds unique contents. |
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| Circa 1840 oil on ivory wall miniature of ancestor John Carmichael Jenkins (1809-1855), builder of Elgin Plantation, Natchez. |
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| Margaret Graham (Shields) Hendrix (1903-1982), great-granddaughter of John C. Jenkins, and great-granddaughter of Thomas Shields, christening the USS Shields at Puget Sound Navy Yard, December, 1944. |
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| Julia Devereux (Hendrix) Stone (1921-1997), daughter of Margaret Shields Hendrix, great-great-granddaughter of John C. Jenkins, at The Briars in 1934. |
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| The casket holds the champagne bottle decorated in red, white and blue ribbons, used to christen the USS Shields. |
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| The USS Shields (DD-596), named for USN Purser Thomas Shields (1783-1827). |
Contents of this page © 2007 Joseph Britton Stone.