Waverley is a mansion in Clay County, Mississippi, 10 miles west of West Point. The mansion is supposedly haunted by Major John Pytchlyn riding his horse and a young girl crying.
It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1973. A statement at that time by the National park Service read:
Begun in the 1840s and completed in 1852, Waverly is distinguished by the immense octagonal rotunda which projects through the roof as a cupola. This structure combines ornament and technology in the tradition of Jefferson: the varied decorative treatment of each room is artistic and the lighting system, using gas manufactured on the site, was scientific.
The antebellum home was originally owned by George Hampton Young, a colonel from Georgia. At one point, the Waverley plantation was independent, providing its own produce and meat, textiles, and energy. The mansion fell into disrepair during the World War and Great Depression eras, following the end of the Young family line, but was restored following its purchase by the Robert Snow family in 1962.
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