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Mount Repose
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Natchez, Mississippi
Coordinates	31°38′9.34″N 91°20′40.42″W / 31.6359278°N 91.3445611°W / 31.6359278; -91.3445611
Area	242 acres (98 ha)
Built	1824 (1824)
NRHP reference No.	79001294
Added to NRHP	June 19, 1979

Mount Repose is a historic mansion in Pine Ridge, Adams County near Natchez, Mississippi, USA. Mount Repose was one of the girlhood homes of Elizabeth Bisland, the "Cosmopolitan" magazine correspondent who raced Nellie Bly, the reporter for the "World" newspaper, around the world in 1889 - 1890.

History

Mount Repose was built in 1824 for William Bisland, on lands granted his father, John Bisland, by Spanish Crown in 1782. William's elder brother Peter built Mistletoe. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 19, 1979.

References

1. Goodman, Matthew (2013). Eighty Days. New York: Random House Publishing Group. pp. 131–132. ISBN 9780345527264.
2. "Mount Repose, Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi".
3. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory--Nomination Form: Mount Repose". National Park Service. Retrieved June 21, 2016.
4. "Mount Repose". National Park Service. Retrieved June 21, 2016.

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