The Windsor Ruins: Port Gibson, Mississippi
What was once the most enormous antebellum Greek Revival mansion in Mississippi, Windsor Mansion, is entirely in ruins nowadays. The estate burned down back in 1890 after a guest of the home dropped cigarette ashes on the floor.
So all that remains now are 23 columns that once kept the house standing in excellent condition. Although, we shouldn’t feel too bad about its demise.
Smith Coffee Daniell II, the manor’s owner, was a plantation owner who made his wealth by forcing slaves to plant cotton. So we guess this was just karma doing its job, right?
