Natchez has many wonderful buildings, but I'm going to end my Natchez series with a couple or chuches. St. Mary Cathedral on the left is the only church built as a cathedral in Mississippi. Jackson is now the seat of the diocese.
In 1864, the Bishop of Natchez, William Henry Elder, refused a federal order to force his parishioners to pray for Abraham Lincoln. He was briefly jailed in Vidalia, Louisiana for his failure to not separate church and state. (Vidalia will be the topic of my next post in this series.)
The Federal-style building on the right is the First Prebyterian Church. The house of worship was contructed in stages, beginning in 1829.
And just as I found reminders of Chicago during my Kansas trip last summer, the same thing happened while in Mississippi last month.
Next: Vidalia
Related post:
My Kansas Kronikles: A Taste of Home
Previous My Mississippi Manifest Destiny posts:
Natchez Part Two, Forks of the Road
Natchez Part One
The Father of Waters
Logging
The Natchez Trace Part Four, Ghost Town
The Natchez Trace Part Three
The Natchez Trace Part Two, Indian Mounds
The Natchez Trace Part One
$aving$ in Tupelo
Where Elvis bought his first guitar
Elvis Presley's birthplace
The Battle of Tupelo
Corinth
Shiloh Part Four
Shiloh Part Three
Shiloh Part Two
Shiloh Part One
Carl Perkins
The Varsity Theatre in Martin, Tennessee
Lincoln and Kentucky
Metropolis
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