The mansion is located on Government Fleet Road, also called Canal Street South, in Natchez, Adams County, Mississippi.

[3] In 1832, the property was purchased for $7,500 by Levin R. Marshall, a wealthy banker and planter who was the first president of the Commercial Bank.

[5] Improvements were made in 1832, and by 1840,[3] the house had been extended to the west with an addition in the Greek Revival architectural style.

[3] Marshall was a wealthy businessman and invested in agriculture, by the start of the Civil War he had 2,500 acres in Adams County alone, worked by 150 slaves and another 32 servants at the Richmond mansion.

[2] Its primary significance is as the home of Levin R. Marshall and the role he played in the economic history of Natchez.