These stately columns are all that remain of Windsor, one of the most magnificent
homes in the antebellum South. Windsor, the home of Smith Coffee Daniell, II, a wealthy
planter, was built between 1859-1861.
Artist rendering of Windsor Plantation
Windsor survived the war and became a prominent landmark along the
Mississippi River. Mark Twain wrote of its elegance in Life on the Mississippi. But
its elegance did not last for Windsor was destroyed by fire in 1890 when a party guest
threw a lit cigarette into a waste basket. Windsor ruins were later immortalized by
Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Cliff in the film "Raintree County."
Last update: Friday, November 05, 1999
http://www.nps.gov/vick/vcmpgn/windsor.htm
Editor: G. Zeman
