Comments on: William A. Stanton on Ceres Plantation

By: Architects of Mississippi: William Stanton « Preservation in Mississippi

Architects of Mississippi: William Stanton « Preservation in Mississippi — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:17:47 +0000

[...] was engaged in the building trades. He spent most of his life in Vicksburg, though, and his son, William A. Stanton, carried on his firm well into the twentieth [...]

By: Brian Nickens

Brian Nickens — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 05:52:21 +0000

I visited Ceres last Sunday and took a plethora of pictures. Surely this amazing house can be saved!! From what I saw there is NOTHING structurally wrong with it. I remember when it was a B&B years ago. I took some cuttings from the very old camellias and climbing roses in the yard and felt so sorry for the old place…….God knows if it were up to me, there would be absolutely no question as to its preservation!! Are there any plans for it? From reading the story on the house, surely dormers would not preclude it from gaining the National Register? I await news on the fate of this awesome house…..Brian Nickens

By: Internet Archive Brings Us Picturesque Vicksburg | Preservation in Mississippi

Wed, 08 Jun 2011 11:02:55 +0000

[...] how about our old friend William A. Stanton? Well, in 1895, his daddy William Stanton was still the main man in town for building and designing [...]

By: ELMalvaney

ELMalvaney — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 04:55:34 +0000

I think the “Hyland House” and “Yokena” are one and the same. Mr. Stanton’s description of the “quiet, unobstrusive” Presbyterians was of the Hyland family.

There’s also the Yokena Presbyterian Church, where these quiet folk worshipped, designed by William Stanton (the daddy) and listed on the National Register. At least it’s still standing–maybe the only thing out there that is.

By: W. White

W. White — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:20:26 +0000

I managed to get a hold of a copy of Lost Mansions of Mississippi. Looks like I did mix up features from multiple plantations. LaGrange is the antebellum house I mentioned with the extensive orchards. There is not a “Yokena Plantation” in Miller’s book, but there is the Hyland House in Yokena. According to Miller, it overlooked Highway 61 from a ridgetop until the 1970s. Before its demolition, such architectural features as silver door knobs had already been stripped from the house.