Walter Place

Welcome to Walter Place… The home was built by Harvey Washington Walter in 1857 and it was designed by a local architect, Spires Boling, as a classic Greek Revival house but his unique touch was to add massive medieval Gothic towers with castellated battlements to each end of the house . . a look that is distinctive to this day to Walter Place.

Side Gardens

When Holly Springs was captured by Union forces in 1862 Gen. Ulysses S. Grant commandeered Walter Place to be a residence for his wife and son and her slave.

After the War it became a hospital for the Yellow Fever Epidemic that swept the area in 1878 taking with it Col. Walter and three of his sons.

His youngest daughter Irene however married an immensely wealthy entrepreneur and shoe manufacturer, Oscar Johnson, and Walter Place began a second exciting chapter.

Master Stair

In 1903 Irene and Oscar Johnson hired another famous architect, Theodore Link, the architect of the then new Mississippi Capitol  and they acquired two additional neighboring “cottages” . . the 1834 Featherston Place and the 1836 Polk Place . .to add to their homeplace.

To tie it all together they hired George Kessler who had been designing noted city parks in Indianapolis, Kansas City, and Memphis to design a forty acre botanical park and create their paradise.

Family Room

Today Walter Place fronts on W Chulahoma Avenue one of the main downtown streets in Holly Springs while Featherston Place and Polk Place are both on South Craft Street with the formal entrance to the gardens in between.

Irene Walter and Oscar Johnson had style and they lavished their attentions on their project and restored Featherston Place and Polk Place . . both noted for their English style with basements that provided relief from the stifling summer heat.

The Johnsons lived at Walter Place when they weren’t in New York or Paris or the Hamptons.  It was the Gilded Age and Walter Place prospered.   It was furnished and filled with appropriate art and antique furnishings.

He had a railroad car, lots of friends and family, and life was glamorous

Japanese Pavillion

However Oscar died in 1916 and the home-place went into a long sleep.

In 1983 the current owners bought and rescued Walter Place, they also bought back the two houses that had been sold, as well as fifteen acres of the gardens and began an award winning restoration.

Original furnishings were returned to Walter Place and the house with its sixteen foot ceilings was filled with appropriate furniture, mirrors, chandeliers, and historical memorabilia.

The gardens have come alive with waterfalls, endless natural trails, fish ponds and walking paths.

300 W. Chulahoma Ave. – Offered at: $9,500,000

Listed by Ernesto Caldeira 504.523.1553 and David Abner Smith 504.495.2387 of Dorian Bennett Sotheby’s International Realty 504.944.3605. For more information on this property and others we have listed please click here!

Each office is independently owned and operated.

Dining Room

Pool & Terrace

Waterfall

Oak Grove

Oak Grove is one of Mississippi’s most intriguing and well preserved plantations. The 1828 Federal went Greek Revival in 1840.

It is surrounded by twenty six acres of beautifully maintained gardens, a pond, a gazebo, and a fascinating waterfall.

Located next to the famed Episcopal Church in rural and historic Church Hill it is just twenty minutes north of Natchez and just off the romantic Natchez Trace.

Known for its ornamental plaster and original wood graining, many of the original colours have been restored as well. Today, along with its period formal rooms, this 7707 square foot livable home includes four bedrooms, updated bathrooms, tons of closet space, and a wonderful country kitchen.

Oak Grove

Oak Grove is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Featured in Classic Natchez and many other books and is Offered by only the fourth family in it’s two hundred year history.

Listed by Ernesto Caldeira 504.523.1553 and David Abner Smith 504.495.2387 of Dorian Bennett Sotheby’s International Realty 504.944.3605

For more information on this listing and others click here!

1139 Burgundy Street

1139 Burgundy Street – $249,000 – Spacious unit that is more like a small house.  Private courtyard and shared courtyard makes this condo a true home!  Laundry on site, well managed condo assoc.  Wood floors, designer kitchen and top end renovation.  Quiet end of the Quarter, but close enough to join all the action.  The attic has been converted into AC storage space/loft living (309 sq ft) that provides excellent storage for all type of items or an extra loft bedroom. Monthly condo fee: $298.

Listed by Ernesto Caldeira 504.523.1553 and David A. Smith 504.495.2387 of Dorian Bennett Sotheby’s International Realty.

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730 St. Philip #C

730 St. Philip Street – $1,320,000 – Designer showcase living!  Stunning and exceptionally large rooms with high ceilings, wood floors, French doors lead to two 2nd floor balconies, Venetian plaster walls, truly one of a kind!  Two gas fireplaces, large chef’s kitchen with walk in butlers pantry.  Exquisite master suite with marble bathroom. Monthly condo fee: $1,417.

Listed by Ernesto Caldeira 504.523.1553 and David A. Smith 504.495.2387 of Dorian Bennett Sotheby’s International Realty.

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Oak Grove

13582 Highway 553 – Welcome to Oak Grove – $1,325,000 – Built in 1828 this graceful plantation house is now surrounded by 26 acres of gardens and manicured grounds.  It is a remarkable example of a smaller earlier house which has had additions and alterations through the years and yet is architecturally significant and appealing.  Oak Grove is located in the historic Church Hill community in Jefferson County Mississippi just outside of Natchez.

Listed by Ernesto Caldeira 504.523.1553 and David A. Smith 504.495.2387 of Dorian Bennett Sotheby’s International Realty.

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