The guides at this home were super friendly and knowledgeable. Made us feel very welcome. Beautiful property!
Impressive the amount of work these volunteers have put into restoring this house and acquiring the furnishings.
Nice tour and a great cause if you are into old ante bellum house tours. A lot of restoration has been done and the group that operates the house is very informative. The free standing spiral staircase is a remarkable piece of engineering.
the staircase in this house was beautiful. our guide was excellents also. i love it when they know the details but are also full of passion!
We turned up ,rang the front door bell and was then taken in for our very own private tour ! The lady showing us around was very informative and told us a lot about the history of the families who had lived there .She also showed us several pieces of furniture that were infact from her own family that she has leant to the house .
This is the first house to be built in Natchez. Left empty for many years, it is now being restored by a concerned Auburn Foundation group. The architecture of this home is amazing. The unsupported spiral staircase is worth seeing.
Auburn is a beautiful antebellum home is a city full of beautiful antebellum homes. What sets it apart is the spectacular unsupported spiral staircase, one, we were told, of only three in America. It is owned and shown by the City, which means photos are permitted in the interior, unlike most of the antebellum homes in Natchez.
This house is operated by volunteers so you really feel the difference. These people are there because they want to be there. It wasn't a stuffy scripted tour. I felt like I was just visiting the lovely home & chatting with my charming tour guides. I toured the house while my husband was allowed to walk the grounds with our dog that was traveling with us.
Clark was our docent at the Auburn House, later we learned he's also one of the executive board that oversees the property. He made the tour a very pleasant one indeed as he provided not only info about the home but also about the efforts they have made and continue to make to provide upkeep and maintenance of the property. Like many properties which are overseen by non profits, the struggle to keep them up with limited resources is a challenge. The freestanding spiral staircase is a wonder and assuming that Clark's research is correct one of only a few in this country from these early times!
We thoroughly enjoyed our tour of Auburn. The two volunteer ladies who acted as guides made the tour and were both excellent. The home has been restored and is very interesting. They do not have as many original family pieces of furniture in the home as some others in this area, but it is obvious they are constantly striving to obtain more of the original pieces lost so many years ago at auction. The house contains beautiful antique furniture from the period, and the home has an interesting history. It was nice to be able to take pictures within the home, and they also asked if anyone played the piano, and thus I was able to try the 1917 Steinway Grand. We would tour this home again should we ever bring guests to the Natchez area.