This model is not an exact replica of Burrus House know now as The Baby Doll House. I read the interesting history of this old southern mansion & it inspired this image. Judge J. C. Burrus began construction of the Burrus House in 1858. The Judge and his wife, the former Margaret Louisa McGehee, had moved from Huntsville, AL to the Mississippi Delta in 1842, and settled in the frontier of newly-formed Bolivar County. The home was built on "one of the most ideal spots on earth" on Egypt Ridge. In early 1861 the family of nine moved into their Greek Revival style home. Shorty thereafter the Civil War started. With both the Confederate and Union forces frequenting the vicinity, there was much activity at the house during this period. The house was thought to have been spared being burned by the Yankees, because of Judge Burrus' past friendship with a classmate at the University of Virginia. His friend was in command of the Union forces in the area, and gave orders to spare the Burrus home. The Burruses "fed and housed hundreds, nursed the sick, cared for the dying, and literally impoverished" themselves during the War. One notable visitor was Confederate Gen. Jubal Early, who hid at the home after Lee's surrender, before being secretly transported across the Mississippi River at night by Charles Burrus. There are also a few "George Washington stayed here" type guests said to have stayed at the home, among them being John Wilkes Booth, and the famous James brothers. Then in 1955 director Elia Kazan began filming the movie Baby Doll at the house.