Elms Court


Elms Court is a historic mansion in Natchez, Mississippi, United States.

Location

It is located at 542 John R. Junkin Drive in Natchez, Mississippi.

History

The mansion was built in 1835–1836. Galleries of lacy iron work said to have been brought from Belgium. In 1852, Francis Surget purchased it for his daughter Jane Merrill and her husband Ayres Phillips Merrill II. Upon Surget's death in 1856, the property was bequeathed to his daughter Jane.
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since December 2, 1977 and may be unique among Natchez plantation houses in being owned by a supporter of the Union cause leading up to and during the Civil War.