The Shelby House with the Mock Orange Hedge

The house built in the late 1850s by Augustus W. Burton (using part of the $5,000 in golden eagles he won in the Louisiana lottery) was designed by the architect Guoin I. Crink. The grounds were landscaped by an experienced gardener, and there was a beautiful mock orange hedge around the yard, with much rare shrubbery inside it. By the time the pictured view was made, the house and grounds had deteriorated greatly.

Source: Mamie Jones.