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Welcome to Lansdowne! The current owners are the great-great grandchildren of George Matthews Marshall and Charlotte Hunt Marshall who built the house in 1853 on land presented to them as a wedding gift from Charlotte’s father David Hunt. Charlotte’s great grandfather Robert Dunbar bought the property and lived here in the 1780s and Lansdowne is built on the foundations of his house. Margaret Marshall Colson (Marsha) will be your primary contact and your hostess. She will invite you into the main house for wine or other beverages, and a tour. Marsha and her sister and five first cousins grew up at Lansdowne with their parents, aunts, uncles and grandparents in the 1950s when Lansdowne was still a working cotton plantation. As children, we played all day in the woods and bayous (the local term for creeks or ravines.) Our family have always loved nature and enjoy walking in the woods and fields, picking muscadines, blackberries and dewberries, and spotting pileated woodpeckers, wood ducks, red-tailed hawks, great horned owls and cuckoos. Our children and grandchildren grew up spending holidays and summer vacations here and are as committed as we are to preserving Lansdowne for our family, friends and visitors to enjoy. Lansdowne has been open to the public for tours since 1931 when the Natchez Pilgrimage tour of historic homes began. Come stay with us and enjoy our beautiful home.