Columbus and the Tennessee Williams Home
Heritage District · Columbus, Mississippi
A town on the Tombigbee in north-east Mississippi that the Civil War did not burn, leaving several hundred antebellum and Victorian houses standing in a walkable historic district. Tennessee Williams was born here in 1911 in the rectory of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, and that house has been moved downtown and now serves as the welcome centre, free to walk into. In April 1866 the women of Columbus decorated the graves of Union and Confederate dead alike at Friendship Cemetery, an act that is among the best-documented origins of Memorial Day.
300 Main Street, Columbus, Mississippi, 39701, United States
A town, accessible at all times. The Tennessee Williams Home and welcome centre on Main Street is FREE and keeps business hours, generally Monday to Friday with limited Saturday opening and CLOSED SUNDAYS — verify before travelling. The residential historic district is viewed from the street year round; private houses open to the public only during the Columbus Pilgrimage in spring. Waverley Mansion is shown by arrangement.
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