Choctaw Hall

Choctaw Hall is the only mansion-style Natchez house built out to the street. The details of the interior are predominately Greek Revival, the massing of this monumental house is Federal and the giant Roman orders on the exterior, a Jeffersonian reference. This urban mansion transitions from Federal to Greek Revival, and showcases one of the finest collections of William IV and Early American Empire furniture, silver, and signed Jacob Petit Porcelain.

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the Neibert-Fisk House, it was constructed in 1836 as the residence of the real estate speculator and developer Joseph Neibert. According to local tradition, Choctaw was designed and built by Natchez builder, James Hardie, a Scottish immigrant. Hardie and his three brothers, Alexander, John and William, were all employed in the building trade here. In 1844, Choctaw was sold to Alvarez Fisk, a commission merchant and philanthropist. Fisk was instrumental in the establishment of the first public school in Natchez in 1845. And by 1855, the house changed hands again, becom- ing the residence of George Malin Davis, who would eventually own Melrose, Cherokee and Concord as well. For a brief period at the turn of the 20th century, Choctaw even housed the all-female Stanton College. The mansion then came into ownership of the City of Natchez. The city purchased the property in