Licensed Historical Collections

Properties owned and preserved by the National Trust include Woodlawn, a gift from George Washington to Eleanor "Nelly" Custis, granddaughter of Martha Washington, and Oatlands, a 19th Century working plantation with ornate detail throughout. And finally, the Woodrow Wilson House, a dignified townhouse on Embassy Row in Washington, D.C. Each property and its ornament was chosen by Focal Point to be part of its National Trust Collection, representative of the best of American architecture.

Victorian architecture is reflective of French, British and American architectural styles that transitioned the 19th and 20th Centuries ­ Second Empire, Romanesque Revival, Queen Anne and Stick & Shingle designs. Featuring varied roof lines, applied ornament, complex cornices and contrasting paint applications, structures had a unique flavor that easily flowed across the country and the world. Victorian design is a reflection of what many Americans felt about themselves at the end of the 19th Century ­ substantial, prosperous and very sure of their place in the world ­ a visual statement easily distinguishable in today's design.

A Century and a half ago, Natchez was capital to America's Cotton Kingdom and home to the world's wealthiest planters. There they built impressive villas with great white columns and an abundance of classical detail. Their legacy, miraculously preserved, is today one of the richest concentrations of early nineteenth century architecture in America, ranging in style from the delicate Federal Neoclassical, through the massive Greek Revival, and up to the elaborate Italianate. Focal Point offers designs from D´Evereux, Stanton Hall, Glenburnie and several other historical properties unique to Historic Natchez.