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In 1990, the Vicksburg National Military Park chose to acquire the historic structure and open it as a tourist attraction to address the park's expanded interpretative mandate. After the war, the house was used as a convent and later as a school until sold to private concerns in 1973. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1977. It was in the parlor of the house where Pemberton chose to surrender his troops to Union General Ulysses S. It was ideal for Pemberton, situated on the bluffs above the city and overlooking the Mississippi River and close to the city's commercial and governmental center. Willis' house although it was owned by her son, John Willis. Built in 1835-1836 in the Greek Revival style, like the more celebrated Balfour House nearby, it was known as Mrs. Pemberton of the Confederate Army selected the house to serve as his headquarters. Within a week after the siege of Vicksburg began in 1863, Lieutenant General John C. Willis' house stood in a neighborhood of handsome antebellum mansions on large parcels of land in Vicksburg, Mississippi.

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