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Formal reconstruction ended in 1877 with the election of President Rutherford B. Hays. The Hertzogs would continue farming Melrose until its sale in 1881.

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The property was briefly owned by a New Orleans businessman, then sold three years later to Joseph Henry who named it “Melrose” in honor of Sir Walter Scott’s poem about Melrose Abbey.

When Joseph Henry passed away in 1899, his son and daughter-in-law, John Hampton Henry and Carmelite (Cammie) Garrett Henry, bought the property from their heirs making it their home, ushering in one of the most extraordinary periods in the plantation’s history.

Cammie undertook an extensive restoration of the structures located on her new property, including another Big House expansion.

It was Cammie who added the distinct hexagonal garçonnière towers (Translation: French for boys room or bachelor pad) on each end of the gallery of the Big House. She also added the back portion of the home to make her bedroom, indoor kitc