Site description
The Beauvoir is located in Biloxi, Mississippi at the retired home of President Jefferson Davis. The site since it was built in 1848 existed as the home of the retired president existed from 1876 to 1889. The site has a large compound which can be approximated to about 50 acres of land. Within the site, there is a botanical garden, a gift shop, a plantation residence, Jefferson Davis presidential library and Museum. There is also a confederate cemetery that is historic and includes an unknown confederate soldier tomb. There are many large trees that seem to have been in ...