{"id":25725,"date":"2026-01-19T17:15:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T23:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/?post_type=poi&#038;p=25725"},"modified":"2026-01-19T17:35:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T23:35:15","slug":"windsor-ruins","status":"publish","type":"poi","link":"https:\/\/visitmississippi.org\/things-to-do\/architecture\/windsor-ruins\/","title":{"rendered":"Windsor Ruins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Windsor Ruins, located in Claiborne County, Mississippi, are the remains of the largest antebellum Greek Revival mansion in the state, destroyed by fire in 1890. The ruins include 23 standing Corinthian columns and 5 partial columns, situated on a 2.1-acre site listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Mississippi Landmark. The mansion was constructed between 1859 and 1861 and was used as an observation platform and hospital during the Civil War. 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The 2.1-acre (0.85 ha) site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and was designated a Mississippi Landmark in 1985 Smith Coffee Danielll II, a successful cotton planter, completed construction of Windsor in 1861. Daniell owned 21,000 acres of plantation land in Louisiana and Mississippi. Ironically, he died in April 1861, only weeks after completing the mansion. His wife and children continued to live at Windsor but were left to suffer the loss of much of the family's holdings during the Civil War. Windors's basic style was Greek Revival but with added details borrowed from Italianate and Gothic architecture. The house contained 23 rooms with an above-ground basement, two residential floors and an attic. The ell-shaped extension on the east side attached to as single row of columns extending from the main square, contained the kitchen, pantry and dining room. Rainwater stored in large tanks in the attic supplied two bathrooms. 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