29:
207:
152:
was designed and built for
Margaret Louisa Thompson Johnstone, the wealthy widow of John T. Johnstone. Completed during the late 1850s, it was destroyed in a fire during the mid-1920s. A replacement, part of a modern residential development, was later built at the site during the mid-20th century.
344:
for Helen who died at the
Annandale mansion in June 1860 and was purported to haunt its halls until the night it burned in 1924. The other is reportedly that of Helen Johnstone. The story claims that the ghost of Helen now weeps at the grave of Henry Vick, her former
304:
The
Britton home, Ingleside, burned down in 1906, and Frances Johnstone Britton died on March 24, 1907. Her sister Helen Johnstone Harris died on November 19, 1917. The Annandale mansion, then unoccupied, was destroyed in a fire on September 9, 1924. A
202:
near
Mannsdale for the couple as a gift. Completed in 1846 and named Ingleside, the Italianate house, with a 180-foot (55 m) wide front facade, contained eight bedrooms, dressing rooms, a parlor, library, dining room, breakfast room, and an
222:
on the plantation property, quarter-mile north of the site of the future
Annandale mansion. After its completion in 1852, she transferred ownership of the church and surrounding 10 acres (4.0 ha) to the newly created
272:, Margaret Johnstone cared for sick and wounded Confederate soldiers and supplied money and material to the military. She died at Annandale on March 16, 1880. The plantation was sold after her death.
721:
187:
The
Johnstones had two daughters, Frances Ann and Helen Scrymgeour Johnstone, and two sons, Samuel and Noah Thompson Johnstone. Both sons died in 1840, the year the family moved to Mannsdale.
316:: Annandale Estates on the west side of Mannsdale Road and Reunion on the east. Each has its own golf club, also on the former plantation lands, known as the Annandale Golf Club and the
190:
The first
Johnstone home on the Annandale plantation was a large log house. Family tradition maintained that Johnstone was descended from the Johnstone family who once held the title
199:
751:
250:, published in 1856. Construction of the grand three-story, 40-room mansion in the Italianate mode began in mid-1857 and was completed in 1859. It featured one-story arched
130:
736:
607:
756:
711:
149:
219:
157:
746:
741:
761:
696:
706:
731:
184:, about 1820. He eventually obtained a number of farms totaling 2,600 acres (1,100 ha) and became wealthy by planting and harvesting cotton.
459:
674:
646:
561:
232:
169:
55:
701:
228:
716:
407:
165:
726:
276:
224:
198:
and that he named his plantation in their honor. When
Frances Johnstone married William J. Britton in 1844, her father built a
191:
426:
317:
33:
Front facade of the main house. Two human figures under the far left arch of the front porch give an indication of scale.
615:
181:
134:
493:
215:
161:
577:
358:
306:
280:
254:
that encircled the entire structure and spacious interior hallways, providing abundant shade and ventilation.
214:
John T. Johnstone died on April 23, 1848. In memory of her late husband, Margaret
Johnstone built the masonry
145:
114:
337:
258:
340:
details the supposed hauntings. One ghost is claimed in the story to be that of Annie Devlin, a former
251:
242:
to design a new mansion for her and her unmarried daughter, Helen. He adapted the design from a plan in
332:
associated with it that have been published in at least two books. One, "The Ghosts of
Annandale", in
265:, on May 17, 1859. Helen later married the Rev. George Carroll Harris, an Episcopal priest, in 1862.
138:
43:
257:
Helen Johnstone was engaged to be married in 1857 to Henry Grey Vick, descended from the founder of
195:
269:
168:
property. Johnstone deeded it and 10 acres to the Episcopal Diocese. The chapel was added to the
28:
670:
642:
557:
403:
526:
279:
priest, but eventually the couple built a grand house for their retirement, Mont Helena, in
180:
John Taylor Johnstone, born on April 28, 1801, migrated with his family to Mississippi from
313:
262:
206:
284:
243:
690:
239:
156:
Before the new mansion was built, Mrs. Johnstone commissioned what is known as the
434:
329:
70:
57:
341:
501:
346:
261:. Their wedding was set for May 21, 1859, but Vick was killed in a duel in
312:
The former 560-acre (230 ha) plantation is now divided between two
238:
A few years later, Mrs. Johnstone hired the architect Jacob Lamour from
585:
275:
George and Helen Johnstone Harris moved around while he served as an
556:. Oxford, Mississippi: University Press of Mississippi. p. 35.
205:
402:. Savannah, Georgia: The Beehive Foundation. pp. 178–179.
301:-story mansion was built on land left to Helen by her family.
669:. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. pp. 44–57.
361:: an extant Italianate house also designed by Jacob Lamour
309:-style replacement is at the site of the former mansion.
400:
Architecture of the Old South: Mississippi and Alabama
110:
102:
94:
86:
49:
38:
21:
722:Demolished buildings and structures in Mississippi
488:
486:
484:
482:
480:
349:, in the churchyard of the Chapel of the Cross.
454:
452:
431:Mississippi Department of Archives and History
164:-style structure was completed in 1852 on the
427:"Chapel of the Cross (Madison County, Miss.)"
210:A side and rear view, taken during the 1910s.
137:in what is now the Mannsdale neighborhood of
8:
752:Buildings and structures demolished in 1924
667:Jeffrey Introduces 13 More Southern ghosts
660:
658:
334:Jeffrey Introduces 13 More Southern Ghosts
231:in the twentieth century and added to the
18:
641:. New York: Macmillan. pp. 184–187.
521:
519:
393:
391:
389:
387:
385:
383:
381:
379:
377:
375:
371:
737:Italianate architecture in Mississippi
421:
419:
160:, in memory of her late husband. This
757:1924 disestablishments in Mississippi
712:Houses in Madison County, Mississippi
16:Historic site in Madison, Mississippi
7:
637:Norman, Michael; Beth Scott (1995).
531:National Register of Historic Places
233:National Register of Historic Places
227:. The chapel was assessed under the
170:National Register of Historic Places
747:1859 establishments in Mississippi
742:Burned houses in the United States
229:Historic American Buildings Survey
14:
762:Cotton plantations in Mississippi
697:History of slavery in Mississippi
707:Plantation houses in Mississippi
665:Windham, Kathryn Tucker (1971).
225:Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi
27:
732:1924 fires in the United States
314:gated residential developments
192:Earl of Annandale and Hartfell
1:
612:Reunion Golf and Country Club
328:Annandale Plantation has two
318:Reunion Golf and Country Club
554:Lost Mansions of Mississippi
283:. Situated atop an ancient
182:Hillsborough, North Carolina
552:Miller, Mary Carol (2010).
778:
702:Plantations in Mississippi
359:Robert O. Wilder Building
120:
26:
717:Houses completed in 1859
639:Historic Haunted America
248:Architectural Instructor
727:Antebellum architecture
533:. National Park Service
338:Kathryn Tucker Windham
211:
111:Architectural style(s)
527:"Chapel of the Cross"
209:
71:32.51545°N 90.18557°W
618:on September 1, 2012
437:on February 25, 2012
398:Lane, Mills (1989).
139:Madison, Mississippi
127:Annandale Plantation
44:Madison, Mississippi
22:Annandale Plantation
464:Annandale Golf Club
220:Chapel of the Cross
196:Peerage of Scotland
158:Chapel of the Cross
76:32.51545; -90.18557
67: /
588:on January 6, 2012
270:American Civil War
212:
676:978-0-8173-0381-5
648:978-0-7653-1970-8
563:978-1-60473-786-8
498:Annandale Estates
307:Classical Revival
135:enslaved laborers
131:cotton plantation
124:
123:
769:
681:
680:
662:
653:
652:
634:
628:
627:
625:
623:
614:. Archived from
604:
598:
597:
595:
593:
584:. Archived from
574:
568:
567:
549:
543:
542:
540:
538:
523:
514:
513:
511:
509:
504:on July 30, 2013
500:. Archived from
490:
475:
474:
472:
470:
456:
447:
446:
444:
442:
433:. Archived from
423:
414:
413:
395:
300:
299:
295:
292:
200:plantation house
150:plantation house
82:
81:
79:
78:
77:
72:
68:
65:
64:
63:
60:
31:
19:
777:
776:
772:
771:
770:
768:
767:
766:
687:
686:
685:
684:
677:
664:
663:
656:
649:
636:
635:
631:
621:
619:
606:
605:
601:
591:
589:
576:
575:
571:
564:
551:
550:
546:
536:
534:
525:
524:
517:
507:
505:
492:
491:
478:
468:
466:
458:
457:
450:
440:
438:
425:
424:
417:
410:
397:
396:
373:
368:
355:
326:
297:
293:
290:
288:
263:Mobile, Alabama
178:
75:
73:
69:
66:
61:
58:
56:
54:
53:
34:
17:
12:
11:
5:
775:
773:
765:
764:
759:
754:
749:
744:
739:
734:
729:
724:
719:
714:
709:
704:
699:
689:
688:
683:
682:
675:
654:
647:
629:
599:
569:
562:
544:
515:
476:
448:
415:
408:
370:
369:
367:
364:
363:
362:
354:
351:
325:
322:
285:platform mound
244:Minard Lafever
216:Gothic Revival
177:
174:
162:Gothic Revival
122:
121:
118:
117:
112:
108:
107:
104:
100:
99:
96:
92:
91:
88:
84:
83:
51:
47:
46:
40:
36:
35:
32:
24:
23:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
774:
763:
760:
758:
755:
753:
750:
748:
745:
743:
740:
738:
735:
733:
730:
728:
725:
723:
720:
718:
715:
713:
710:
708:
705:
703:
700:
698:
695:
694:
692:
678:
672:
668:
661:
659:
655:
650:
644:
640:
633:
630:
617:
613:
609:
603:
600:
587:
583:
579:
573:
570:
565:
559:
555:
548:
545:
532:
528:
522:
520:
516:
503:
499:
495:
489:
487:
485:
483:
481:
477:
465:
461:
455:
453:
449:
436:
432:
428:
422:
420:
416:
411:
409:0-88322-038-5
405:
401:
394:
392:
390:
388:
386:
384:
382:
380:
378:
376:
372:
365:
360:
357:
356:
352:
350:
348:
343:
339:
335:
331:
330:ghost stories
323:
321:
319:
315:
310:
308:
302:
286:
282:
278:
273:
271:
266:
264:
260:
255:
253:
249:
245:
241:
240:New York City
236:
234:
230:
226:
221:
217:
208:
204:
201:
197:
193:
188:
185:
183:
175:
173:
171:
167:
163:
159:
154:
151:
147:
142:
140:
136:
132:
128:
119:
116:
113:
109:
105:
101:
97:
93:
89:
85:
80:
52:
48:
45:
41:
37:
30:
25:
20:
666:
638:
632:
620:. Retrieved
616:the original
611:
602:
590:. Retrieved
586:the original
581:
572:
553:
547:
535:. Retrieved
530:
506:. Retrieved
502:the original
497:
467:. Retrieved
463:
439:. Retrieved
435:the original
430:
399:
333:
327:
311:
303:
281:Rolling Fork
274:
267:
256:
247:
237:
213:
189:
186:
179:
155:
143:
126:
125:
106:Jacob Lamour
268:During the
74: /
50:Coordinates
42:Mannsdale,
691:Categories
366:References
166:plantation
146:Italianate
133:worked by
115:Italianate
95:Demolished
62:90°11′08″W
59:32°30′56″N
622:August 5,
592:August 5,
578:"History"
537:August 5,
508:August 5,
494:"History"
469:August 5,
460:"History"
441:August 5,
342:governess
277:Episcopal
259:Vicksburg
235:in 1972.
172:in 1972.
103:Architect
353:See also
324:Folklore
39:Location
608:"About"
582:Reunion
296:⁄
252:arcades
218:-style
203:office.
194:in the
176:History
148:-style
90:1857–59
673:
645:
560:
406:
347:fiancé
287:, the
129:was a
87:Built
671:ISBN
643:ISBN
624:2012
594:2012
558:ISBN
539:2012
510:2012
471:2012
443:2012
404:ISBN
144:Its
98:1924
336:by
246:'s
693::
657:^
610:.
580:.
529:.
518:^
496:.
479:^
462:.
451:^
429:.
418:^
374:^
320:.
141:.
679:.
651:.
626:.
596:.
566:.
541:.
512:.
473:.
445:.
412:.
298:2
294:1
291:+
289:2
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
