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MUST SEE! 1838 Greek Revival Mansion

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Welcome to Green Leaves, our Natchez dream home! You know we love historic architecture, but this home takes that love one step further. This home has been owned by 7 generations of the same family, and contains seven generations of love and tangible family memories.
Purchased by the Koontz family in 1849 this home retains all of its original finishes. Wallpaper, carpets, draperies and furnishings remain as they have been for 180 years. Each generation has added to the art and ephemera collections, and now Green Leaves feels like a warm family home with museum worthy collections.
The treasures found in this historic home don't stop at the interior. The grounds are some of the most beautiful in the city, featuring a wide variety of specialty Camelia bushes, each mapped and marked for its genus, species, and location of acquisition. Off the large galleries on the front and rear of the home are enormous live oaks, and magnolias, which shade the croquet lawn and the first residential swimming pool in Natchez.
There are historic homes, and then there are historic dream homes. Join fifth generation owner Ruthie as she opens her home and shares her family treasures and memories with you.
You can visit Green Leaves in person from now until the end of April, 2023. Green Leaves is a private home, and normally closed to the public, however, it is open for Spring Pilgrimage tours and tickets can be purchased at natchezpilgrimage.com
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@LBGirl1988 Год назад

I toured this home in 1990s. An older lady was so funny. When John Ford came to town to look at sites to film the movie, The Horse Soldiers. He wanted authentic-looking uniforms and was told that Green Leaves had some originals. But the matriarch said no to John Ford on borrowing the uniforms for the costume designer. Finally, Ford sent John Wayne. JW heard the old matriarch enjoyed an afternoon toddy. So he brought some sort of liquor and he hey visited all afternoon. An interviewer once asked John Wayne if anyone had ever drunk him under the table. JW said that the only person who did was a little old southern lady in Natchez, MS. I can’t remember if Ford got to see the uniforms or not because I love that a little old Southern lady held her liquor before him!

@patsycovino5222 Год назад

What a great story..amazing

@baronetessdawson Месяц назад

Excellent Memoir

@patsycovino5222 Год назад

I'm usually disappointed when Laine doesn't do the tour but Ruthie is absolutely charming I enjoyed it so much, it brought me joy.

@donnaw2868 Год назад

Your 1670 Family Bible in high German - this is amazing. Your family has kept such great care of your heritage. This is so inspiring.

@bryanspindle4455 Год назад

Greek Revival and Georgian are my favorite architectural styles. Beautiful home.

@JoBrosWiFes Год назад

I couldn’t imagine having nearly 200 years of family history let alone a beautiful home full of it.

@joan8178 Год назад

What a lovely, gracious hostess--to escort us through her interesting home. It means so much more to have a surviving descendant show a home. She is a wonderful advocate for Natchez & the home tour. Thank you for this vid.

@katgrey6239 Год назад

Oh, how I would love to live in this beautiful home! I truly hope that this family continues to cherish their memories.

@amymahers2957 Год назад

She is wonderful…and so is her home! I love that they live in their home. It looks like they love it and I love that. Celebrate who you were, are, and hope to be. This home is loved and lived in. Thank you for the tour. ☺️

@IsitMe65 Год назад

I'm only 8 minutes and 2 seconds into the video and I am gobsmacked! I can't even imagine living in a home that's been in the family since 1839! By the time I was 11 we moved about 40 times and lived in 2 different countries back and forth. To have all the family belongings is absolutely amazing!!! It's BEAUTIFUL! Keep bringing videos like these.

@statewench2828 Год назад

She seems like a sweet lady. Thank you for taking us along

@maxrenfroe1902 Год назад

Green Leaves is one of my favorite houses in Natchez. I have toured it many times over the years, and I learn something new each time I visit. This video doesn't even begin to cover all of the history and family memorabilia. It is an incredible chapter of Natchez history, and so well-preserved. A must see while visiting Natchez during Pilgrimage.

@Jburns4620 Год назад

I could spend hours here, listening to the stories passed down through the years and embracing a time that today's technology has taken over. Thank you for your brief visit and the beautiful sharing of memories.

@nokesbob2256 Год назад

It is well taken care of, but it still has that family lived in feel. It is amazing that the original family still owns this house. Which to me, makes it a historical, living, family tree. Just the stories she has told here tells a history. She is so charming and gracious. Thank her from all of us, for allowing us in to her home.

@erosleroi7638 Год назад

Fantastic to see a home in the family with its many mementos of the past generations along with many original furnishings. Thank you for sharing your beautiful and historic home.

@johnobrien5440 11 месяцев назад

What a treat to have been afforded the opportunity to tour Green Leaves in this video. I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of it. My partner and I just bought our 2nd. Greek Revival. The 15-bedroom home, known as The Brady House (not that Brady house) LOL, was built in 1827. Our first, an 11-bedroom home was built in 1947, which we painstakingly restored and then sold. The Brady House is a keeper. When we first saw the ad for it, my partner said, "The Realtor really knows how to hype a house". It really was the gem of rare beauty depicted by the Realtor, despite its current state. We learned so much from our first purchase, and now we find ourselves starting all over again, facing new challenges and learning new things -- a never-ending journey of discovery. "What did we just walk into?" was my first question of this much older home steeped in history. We stumped Google with some our questions lol. Listening to your narrative of Green Leaves gave us some good pointers. Thank you for sharing this wonderful and enlightening tour.

@jeangardensinIllinois Год назад

That oak tree is amazing! Love the garden as much as the house. 😁

@OurRestorationNation Год назад

Us too!

@qwiltergrl Год назад

I can see why you are smitten with Miss Ruthie. She is absolutely lovely. ❤

@infinitelightcouncil Год назад

Otherworldly trees both front and back- the live oak and magnolia on that high rise framing the house are out of a fantasy

@lambchop206 Год назад

how wonderful to be able to grow up in a generational home!! its absolutely gorgeous.

@SpanishEclectic Год назад

This really is a time capsule, and the documentation they've accumulated is impressive. So many Americans have lost their family treasures and histories along with their homes. Many of us have too much 'old stuff', but hope to keep the most memorable. In the cabinet at 5:40 there is a ceramic figurines of a little boy in a blue sailor suit on the left of the top shelf. I have one very much like it, that was part of a set from my father's childhood in the 1930s. The set had four little sailors, four soldiers, and four little pilots with WWI style helmets, goggles, and scarves. The true pleasure in learning about the Koontz family history is knowing there is another generation waiting to take over stewardship of this home.

@joanrankin2827 Год назад

That is beautiful! It's great to see the preservation and the home remaining with the same family for so many generations.

@carriemccollum9671 Год назад

Ruthie was a joy to have as our guide.

@keithnorrington2594 Год назад

My parents and I toured Green Leaves in the 70s. We love Natchez!

@debbyparker5431 Год назад

Such a lovely home and family that live there . Could you imagine what a treat it would be to spend Christmas there as a child ? 💝

@catherineengle4196 Год назад

What an extraordinary time capsule. What an exquisite home. I have a bucket list going and this beautiful place is now on it. Thank you sharing and God bless

@williamshelton4150 Год назад

What a wonderful tour. My grandmother knew Ruth Audley Beltzhoover and said that she was a great lady.

@tracy85777 Год назад

Just gorgeous! And I love the name, "Green Leaves". We don't name our homes anymore. I call my apartment The Asylum, but I need to stop doing that. Life and death is in the tongue The Lord says. If He said it, I believe it! Thank you for sharing. I don't get out much and I really love old homes. I watched y'all redo one from start to finish. It turned out lovely. Wish I could buy one of these beauties! Maybe someone will just give me one. It doesn't hurt to hope. God bless y'all! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

@patsycovino5222 Год назад

"The Asylum " you made me chuckle! I can relate to that.😅

@gingermcgarvey7773 Год назад

Love that she said they can't change anything and are known for never throwing anything away. Makes perfect sense to me. 🤣 You end up with history and a beautiful home. Appreciate the tour, and the video was fantastic. ❤️🤍💙

@anthonymatthews3698 Год назад

I love her accent and speech. My grandmother came from an old southern family and spoke just like her, though a little softer, but the inflections are the same.

@anitatucker8812 Год назад

What a wonderful sweet woman. How fortunate she is as well too have all her family heritage.

@lisalemberis5195 Год назад

Absolutely beautiful & so very charming! Love that it is still in the same family!

@juliestewart672 Год назад

Love the host! She seems so pleasant with a wealth of stories to tell.

@lindaleslie5634 Год назад

Oh my golly, I just text my daughter and told her I have to go there! Thank you for sharing! What a beautiful, historical place!

@LibbyRal Год назад

She is a marvelous narrator!

@graemeneale9311 Год назад

Fascinating, pleased to see how their family history has been recorded and how the heirlooms have been safeguarded.

@robynbohbot3709 Год назад

Gorgeous piece of history. Ruthie is a gem and I could spend hours listening to her tell of her family.

@jelsner5077 Год назад

What a charming, gracious home and tour guide. I love all the original details: the gorgeous wallpaper, the gasoliers, the furniture and textiles. I'm going to have to plan a trip to see these beautiful homes! We still have a few feet of snow on the ground up here in Minnesota so it was lovely to see some green in the garden, even without the flowers.

@marykaykolb2207 Год назад

Beautiful home and such a gracious lady to open up her family home for viewing. Thank you.

@michaelcheli5842 Год назад

Thank You Restoration Nation, and Ruthie of Green Leaves for a wonferful tour of your family home.

@lisaknell1809 Год назад

What a beautiful house with such history! I love Ms. Ruthie’s stories! It’s amazing that this home has been in the same family for so many generations. ❤

@elizabethferguson7002 Год назад

Thank you Ms Ruthie for allowing us a glimpse into your herstory. It has been a privilege. I'm an admirer of the architecture. The sleeping areas designed particularly sub ground level. Fabulous. Can you imagine being commissioned to build an estate in the deep South, before central air or swamp coolers(?)😮 What beautiful condition this magnificent treasure has been maintained. I want to hear more about original lighting, plumbing, and the architects information. Greenleaf is on my must see list. Sincerely, Thank You.

@gypsy1588 Год назад

This home is a beautiful, loving treasure.

@chanel113 Год назад

Beautiful home and beautiful hostess! Very lovely! It is hard to believe that this house is older than the cities of Seattle and Vancouver!

@gingermerriman569 Год назад

What a wonderfully kept history. An amazing treasure.

@nanasewdear Год назад

That light fixture in the parlor took my breath away. I kept muttering "omg, omg, omg...!" I want to know and befriend the person who would choose such a fixture because we must be spiritual cousins.😍

@erosleroi7638 Год назад

I agree, I never saw such a fantastic lighting fixture. Fantabulous !

@siridanicak3997 Год назад

Just wonderful. If I ever get back to Natchez (I'm a native Missouran living in Sydney) I will definitely visit. I appreciate all of the love going into these homes and tip my hat to those that care for them through the decades. They are precious, and so is what remains of history. X

@kennethstuckey7823 Год назад

Green Leaves; Wow! Ms. Ruthie Coy; Wow! The best history always comes from those who have lived it, share it, and/or maintain it. Now, this is a true historic house! What an outstanding domicile of multi-generational antiquities and historical collections from actual residents, along with familial living archives! Wow! I could spend hours in this house because so much of its past is there. This time, L&K, I ignored that man in the mirror and china cabinet glass door as per your previous suggestion. 😂😂 I really enjoyed this tour. Walking through that house made me feel like I was in the past visiting it's residents because all of their things are still there. Fabulous video, y'all! Thank you!

@OurRestorationNation Год назад

😂🤣😂you made me laugh with this one. Thank you I needed that today.

@ThePrairierider Год назад

Such a beautiful house. So rich in history and a lovely, gracious host!

@wendy833 Год назад

Love your home Ruthie. Thank you for sharing it.

@DD-th2bd Год назад

Wow! That home was incredible! Items that I thought stood out were that family Bible and the old Oak Tree in the courtyard. What a privilege it must be to be able to show your home that's been in your family for so many generations. I would love to be able to tour that house, its on my bucket list!

@Jeannified Год назад

What a stunning house! So beautiful both inside and out!

@tristazerbe8119 Год назад

Sure hope we get to meet the famous Mrs. Coy when we come! This is a fabulous home!

@susannaCdonovan23 Год назад

Oh WOW! This is absolutely fascinating. Love it all 😍 If a house could talk. Been in the same family for almost two centuries.

@claudiamann7111 Год назад

What an amazing home and a wonderful tour guide. Thanks so much for sharing these beautiful homes with us.

@dianak4461 Год назад

One word: Exquisite.

@jefflawrentz1624 Год назад

That’s a wonderful property. She’s such a delightful tour guide.

@zzzzipy12 Год назад

Your home is beautiful, so much history! I toured your home the last time I was in Natchez. Where my PA family lives in Bedford PA, they have some Koontz in the area, one bring Dean Koontz the Author.

@sandystafford5845 Год назад

Thank you so much for bringing us all the beautiful historic homes, along with all the history. Thursday's are definitely my favorite day to watchRU-vid. Anyone who loves history this is a must watch place to be

@laurielaurie8280 Год назад

Great family history and a beautiful home :)

@sweethomevirginia7746 Год назад

So wonderful to have the owners talk about their homes! Thank you :)

@sheila1115 Год назад

thank you so much for the visit of your home and the stories you did have the time to tell. wonderful, just wonderful that a family has taken the time and love to pass this home down from generation to generation along with it's history, stories, pictures, plants... all of it!

@dorisgrayson3839 Год назад

I love this , beautiful harloom . Your so blessed .

@charityhostetter8123 Год назад

This lovely home Is on my list to tour when one day we are State side again. I'm sure I can talk a few of my aunts and cousins into taking a girls trip!!! 🥰

@carolinawren3594 5 месяцев назад

priceless, and not just the house

@stephaniehoechst2076 Год назад

Oh, what treasures! I would love to just sit and listen to your family history. It sounds fascinating!

@celesasheldon6931 Год назад

Beautiful life's history from a property

@apcadd80 Год назад

One of my favorites!

@Jean-sv6kk 11 месяцев назад

Wunderbar!!!( I hope it is correct???) What amazing family history to have and past on. I wish all families could do this. Be safe and GOD BLESS🙏

@hsimpson6581 Год назад

What a Wonderful hostess! She has such a lovely home. It would be wonderful to have the curtains reproduced for that room and perhaps even have a new carpet woven for the floor. In homes like this I wish they all had a way we could support them and give to the restoration needs

@chantaldesjardins7763 Год назад

I love it all the mansion with great historical explain .Wonderful amazing home Thank you so much!👍💕🎉🌷😇

@judyn6639 Год назад

Oh, I can’t wait to visit!! ❤❤❤❤

@bethbartlett5692 10 месяцев назад

I find the straight lines and Columns of Greek Architecture most appealing in it's Clarity. It is enhanced by variations of White to Cream, giving a fluid clean desirable presence. Greek Revival also offers immense Value of presence, strength, and beauty. I searched for the subject and this home came to surface. The Britton and Kuntz Bank also was built in Greek Revival I suspect G-Grandfather Kuntz had a Passion for Greek Architecture. The shadow on the the 19th Century was a misguided idea of any variance in Human value, the vessels for Souls to Journey are by the Right of the Soul, all Equal. The Light on that Century came through the changes that have resulted in the Realizations occuring today: "Few may not control the many, the mass Public Collective, the true Energies, Infinite Intelligence, that keeps us in our Secure Balance in this Universe know when it's time to bloom into our Higher Mind's, into our Higher Self. It's a true path thru History to have maintained a 5+ generation's Family Home. May they continue in Wisdom and Wellbeing. Peace be with you .. ⚜️

@snoozieq4584 Год назад

Oh, that beautifully ancient live oak in the garden is magnificent! I hope they are able to keep it going for many more years to come. I'm so happy the original builders didn't cut it down and chose to build around this amazing creation of God and nature. Original wallpaper, fauxbois, seven generations, original carpeting in the parlors, a bullet hole in the original glass above the front door, what a true treasure to behold! The china on display is outstanding. To have such a beautiful set displayed in its entirety is just lovely. I'd be afraid to eat off of it for fear of damaging it in some manner. Also love the cane chairs in the dining room in such great condition for their age is incredible. I so want to see more of this glorious house/mansion/treasure! Thank you so much for shedding a light on this living work of art and preservation. See y'all in the next video 👍🥰🤗😘🥰🤗😘🥰🤗😘

@cinder8290 Год назад

Beautiful home.

@MediocreComedian Год назад

Wonderful and dreamy 💚💜

@joangibson859 Год назад

I live on 5 acres of the old Koontz farm at the end of Koontz Ave. in Morgantown, WV which is about 8 miles south of the Mason-Dixon line separating West Virginia from Pennsylvania. My late parents bought in in 1937 including the house (ca. 1880s replacing a log structure) and a barn.

@dorothyd.6506 Год назад

Fabulous! Thank you !

@barbarashelton6709 Год назад

THANK YOU!!!! This home is so Beautiful!!! Just to look at this and think about the family's who have lived here, and how their life and times were is something of a wonder. So glad the family now is keeping all of this for all of use to see!!

@elephantintheroom5678 Год назад

Truly, that family had good taste.

@sabrinacopas1636 Год назад

Wonderful, thank you for sharing this treasure with us!

@jimcowan8770 Год назад

I’d Definitely Love to come visit! I live in Kentucky,. But I’ve heard of this home! A friend of mine went on the tour several years ago & one of the main places he talked about was this house! He Loved it! I don’t get out much anymore,. But I’d really like to come visit this house! Maybe someday I’ll make it!

@joannewall5499 Год назад

My ancestors travelled from uk and settled in Pennsylvania, it’s so interesting to see how they moved from there to different parts of the USA

@cynthiaellis2358 Год назад

I enjoy your videos so much, thank you! I have loved all of the houses you have shared so far, but this one has special meaning. How wonderful to have a house in one family for so long. I would love to be able to visit with this delightful owner and have a private tour. I would imagine it would take a whole day and then some. How very specail to have family history like this to pass on to new generations and visitors. Thank you very much for all of your videos. I have been to Natchez twice and toured the stately homes. This is one that I missed and I am sorry for it.

@kensteffes6712 5 месяцев назад

Very nice presentation 👏

@Randy8923 Год назад

A beautiful home , Rich in history. Very nice tour by the owner.

@carlaburton3970 Год назад

This was nice.Thank you for sharing

@watermelonq2784 Год назад

Oh my gosh this house is in such good condition for it’s age, I love the doors!!

@laurieelderkin1353 Год назад

Beautiful☕️😊💖💖

@sherryhood7902 Год назад

Beautiful ❤❤

@19Ter67 Год назад

What a neat place!!

@sandybrayer262 Год назад

Lovely!

@dorisgrayson3839 Год назад

Thank you for sharing

@amysimpson646 Год назад

If I lived closer,I'd volunteer to help with the gardening for free.

@juliancoulden1753 Год назад

Wonderful!

@elephantintheroom5678 Год назад

Oh my God, these Southern houses are the most lovely houses ever, but I just can't stop myself from thinking about all the human suffering that usually surrounded them.

@nikigarza2442 Год назад

Thank you for this video. What a wonderful history to be part of, to be able to share it as well. Also to share it so well. A trip to Natchez is on my bucket list!

@kellyhensley7346 Год назад

What a special home! Pilgrimage is on my list for next year!

@jamesb6080 Год назад

Beautiful house that has been so well cared for.

@BobbiMac08 Год назад

We're in a blizzard right now so thank you for the escape! What a beautiful home and I love how they have so many family mementos and history. I need to make the pilgrimage!