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What started as a wedding gift in 1858 of a small cottage and 160 acres from one of Meridian's first settlers to his daughter has  grown in square footage and height over the past 164 years. Originally designed by Juriah Jackson, the antebellum home was remodeled in the Academic Revival style by S.H. Floyd when he purchased it in 1903. The home's architectural style has been added to through the years to transform it from quaint Greek Revival to ornate Italianate to grand Neoclassical.
Located in Meridian, Mississippi, the home has witnessed not only its own architectural evolution, but that of history's impact on the area as well. Union general William T. Sherman famously marched with 10,000 troops on the Confederate-loyal town in February 1864, and although he burned much of Meridian, the antebellum mansion was spared—perhaps because of its aesthetic beauty, though no one knows for certain....