Natchez MS Bed and Breakfast
at J. N. Stone House Musicale B&B
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Circa 1875 photograph of Natchez native Aaron Stanton (1840-1918). The Stantons built the house which is now an award-winning Natchez bed and breakfast inn.
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AS SEEN on HGTV’s “IF WALLS COULD TALK” !
A Unique Architectural Gem Ideally Located for Your Vacation in the Natchez Downtown Historic District
Rare antique maps and prints adorn the walls of this unique Natchez bed and breakfast inn, outstanding for its antebellum origins as a private billiard hall built in the style of a Greek temple, as well as for its rare pocket doors with ornamental glasswork. The builder was David Stanton, whose brother built world-famous Stanton Hall, also located in Historic Downtown Natchez. Acquired in 1877 by Natchez native J. N. Stone, it has remained in the Stone family for over 130 years, and is now operated as a boutique vacation hotel, full of Natchez family portraits and antiques. Each fall the house is open to the public during the Natchez Pilgrimage. Additionally it won the Historic Natchez Foundation's 2003 Restoration Award and TripAdvisor's 2012 Travelers' Choice Award for the top 25 bed and breakfast inns in the United States.
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Antebellum Music Room where bed and breakfast guests are entertained by their host with wine and live classical music on this Steinway grand piano.
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Welcome to the Historic
J. N. Stone House
Musicale Bed and Breakfast Inn
Circa 1850
804 Washington Street
Natchez, Mississippi 39120
(601) 445-7466
jstonehouse@bellsouth.net
Contents of this page © 2007 Joseph B. Stone.
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The Joseph Newman Stone House pictured in 1881 with the Stone family and domestic help. Standing behind the white horse is Natchez native J. N. Stone (1838-1886), who bought the property in 1877 from the David Stanton family. It is now owned by his great-grandson, Joseph Britton Stone, who operates the B&B. A circa 1840 portrait of J. N. Stone's father, Dr. Charles Henry Stone, hangs in the bed and breakfast Dining Room. Enlarge the picture.
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This unique Natchez bed and breakfast's accommodations include the Master Bedroom and a Cottage. A full Southern breakfast is served in The Dining Room on antique Haviland china made in Limoges, France around 1860. All bed and breakfast guests are offered complimentary wine and live piano entertainment in The Antebellum Music Room, while The Antebellum Billiard Hall offers billiards and other entertainment. For hotel guests who are interested in shopping for antiques, a discount is offered in Stone Gallery of Antique Maps, Prints & Books to anyone lodging at the B&B inn. All these features are found in one conveniently located bed and breakfast in Natchez, Mississippi at the historic Stone House!
The oldest part of this unique antebellum Mississippi home was built circa 1850 as a luxurious private billiard hall by David Stanton, whose brother Frederic built Stanton Hall. It stood on the grounds of The Elms, David Stanton's Natchez home, and was later expanded into a house. Acquired in 1877 by two Natchez natives, Joseph Newman Stone and his wife Theodora Britton, great-grandparents of the present owner, it is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Restoration undertaken in 1999 won the Historic Natchez Foundation's 2003 Restoration Award. Bed and breakfast accommodations were started in 2003. The lodging quality has consistently ranked high on TripAdvisor. In 2012 the B&B accommodations were ranked among the top 25 bed and breakfast inns in the USA by TripAdvisor's Travelers' Choice Awards. See The Billiard Hall for more history. Also, read North South Trader’s Civil War Magazine’s extensive article on the Stone family of Natchez, Volume 33 No. 4, 2008.
The bed and breakfast is located in the Natchez Downtown Historic District, an easy walk to many Natchez Pilgrimage tour houses, antique shops, fine restaurants for Natchez style dining, other hotels and bed and breakfasts, and the famous 200-foot bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River. Natchez is an ideal destination for any vacation on the Natchez Trace or Great River Road. Don't miss the famous Natchez Pilgrimage in spring and fall!
All early Natchez photos from the private collection of Joseph Stone. Contents of this page © 2007 Joseph Britton Stone.
