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History · Natchez

A history of Natchez,
then and now

Postcards, papers and photographs of Natchez from public archives, woven together by decade. Neighbors fill in the gaps.

12old images & papers
1historic places
0recent photos
From Natchez’s archive · credits on each photo

The story

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This village is one of the oldest communities in the territory covered by the Louisiana Purchase, and is part of the Cane River National Heritage Area. The Côte Joyeuse (English: Joyous Coast) area was home to the earliest French planters in Louisiana. Some of the plantations (or former plantations) in Natchez include the Oakland Plantation (1818), Cherokee Plantation (c. 1825), Oaklawn Plantation (1830), Cedar Bend Plantation (1850) and the Atahoe Plantation (1873).

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Timeline

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c. 1728Natchez settlement mapMap
1930s11 items · Close view looking from the east to s…Commons
1940–1999Nothing yet. Family albums go here.
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Most archives stop around 1920. The photos from after that are in family albums, not libraries.

1 of 10 decades since 1900 have photos 🔁Retake an old viewClose view looking from the east …, 1933: stand where they stood+15 📦Share a family photoSign in to add one+10
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By decade

Natchez, decade by decade

1720s1 paper
Natchez settlement mapMapNatchez settlement mapc. 1728
1930s11 items
Close view looking from the east to show cistern and electric meter - Piece sur piece Building (House), On dirt road of…CommonsClose view looking from the east to show cistern and electr…1933Closer view of the south elevation - Sompayrac House, 1078 Louisiana State Highway 494, Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LACommonsCloser view of the south elevation - Sompayrac House, 1078 …1933DETAIL VIEW OF ENTRY - Bubba's Juke Joint, 3410 Louisiana State Highway 484, Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LACommonsDETAIL VIEW OF ENTRY - Bubba's Juke Joint, 3410 Louisiana S…1933Detail view of northeast elevation to show front stair - Roubieu-Jones House, 374 Louisiana State Highway 484, Natchez,…CommonsDetail view of northeast elevation to show front stair - Ro…1933Detail view of south front entrance, looking from east - St. Charles Roman Catholic Chapel, 4078 Louisiana State Highwa…CommonsDetail view of south front entrance, looking from east - St…1933Detail view of west elevation window (one north of tower) to show clapboards - St. Charles Roman Catholic Chapel, 4078 …CommonsDetail view of west elevation window (one north of tower) t…1933Detail view, underside of west porch looking from the northwest - Oaklawn Plantation, Highway 494, Natchez, Natchitoche…CommonsDetail view, underside of west porch looking from the north…1933ELEVATION VIEW OF NORTH FACADE - Lair LaCour House, 2694 Louisiana State Highway 484, Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LACommonsELEVATION VIEW OF NORTH FACADE - Lair LaCour House, 2694 Lo…1933ELEVATION VIEW OF THE NORTHEAST (FRONT) FACADE - Herman-Christophe House, 1728 Louisiana State Highway 484, Natchez, Na…CommonsELEVATION VIEW OF THE NORTHEAST (FRONT) FACADE - Herman-Chr…1933ELEVATION VIEW OF THE SOUTHEAST FACADE - Woods Hall, Louisiana State Highway 484, Natchez, Natchitoches Parish, LACommonsELEVATION VIEW OF THE SOUTHEAST FACADE - Woods Hall, Louisi…1933East elevation - Piece sur piece Building (House), On dirt road off of Highway 494, about 1 1-2 miles Northwest of Berm…CommonsEast elevation - Piece sur piece Building (House), On dirt …1933
1940s–
1990s
Nothing in the archives for these yearsWeddings on Main Street, storms, parades, school pictures, the old store. If it’s in your family album, it belongs here.
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National Register of Historic Places

1 historic place in Natchez

1 place in Natchez is on the National Register of Historic Places, the country’s official list of buildings and places worth saving.

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In Louisianaby listings · most towns there have none
1place listed1 building
0National Historic LandmarksNone here yet
1historic building protectedcounting each building in a district
2000first listedJohn Carroll Jones House

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Buildings

When they were listed

The Register began in 1966.
Listed 2000John Carroll Jones HouseBuildingArchitecture
National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places (05/22/2026) · styles from the National Archives catalog · photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each place

Then & now

No then-and-now pairs yet. Take a photo from the same spot as Close view looking from the east to show cistern and electric meter - Piece sur piece Building (House), On dirt road of… (1933) and it appears here side by side.

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Stories next door

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📜 Natchitoches📜 Provencal📜 Montgomery📜 Clarence

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