Auburn

Completed in 1812, Auburn was “designed to be the most magnificent building in the territory” and was built for Lyman Harding, the first Attorney General of Mississippi. After his death in 1820, the home was purchased by Stephen Duncan, a physician and wealthy planter, and his wife, Catherine and remained in the Duncan family until 1911 when the heirs donated the home and 210 acres adjacent to it, now a park, to the city of Natchez. The most striking thing about the mansion is the free-standing spiral stairway that rises between the ground and second floor completely unsupported. The separate kitchen and servants quarters are original outbuildings to the home and stand independently at the rear entrance.