The Belcher House is located at 214 Port Gibson Street. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the house is an example of the Federal and Greek Revival style of architecture.

Built circa 1855 by Alexander Belcher, iron work specialist, the house was located a block from Raymond’s business district. The house is of frame construction and features a spacious hall, approximately 12 feet wide, through the center of the house. The ceilings are 14 feet with glass valances over the doors.

Typical of the architecture of the time, the kitchen was built as a separate structure to the back of the house to prevent the possibility of a fire. Servants would prepare the food in the kitchen then bring the dishes into the main house to serve. The old kitchen remains today and serves as a large family room. The outstanding feature of the exterior of the Belcher House is the curved porch, typical of the architecture of the time.

In 1928, the 73 year-old house was purchased and renovated by J. R. and Carrie Jackson, local merchants who owned a grocery store and a restaurant in town. Their only daughter, Lillian Jackson Boteler, nostalgically remembers the town of Raymond when she was a child as well as her life in the “big house on the big hill.”

After the death of her husband, Mrs. Jackson married Harrison O. French and the house was referred to as the French House. When Mrs. French died in 1974, the property was inherited by her daughter, Lillian Jackson Boteler, who later renovated the house. It is now the home of Bebe Boteler Garrison.