Beauvoir
Biloxi, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
Beauvoir is a Greek Revival estate in Biloxi, Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico, built in 1854. It was the post-war home of former Confederate President Jefferson Davis from 1876 until his death in 1889. The property later served as a Confederate veterans' home and then became a house museum. The National Park Service designated it a National Historic Landmark in 1974.
Movement
- Built
- Type
- house, estate
- Heritage
- local landmark of Mississippi, Mississippi Landmark
- Place
- Biloxi, United States
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Location