“also known as Nutt's Folly”
Longwood, also known as Nutt's Folly, is an historic antebellum octagonal mansion located at 140 Lower Woodville Road in Natchez, Mississippi, USA. The mansion is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, and is a National Historic Landmark. Longwood is the largest octagonal house in the United States. Longwood was featured in the southern United States segment of Guide to Historic Homes of America, an in-depth production by Bob Vila for the A&E Network. The mansion is known for its octagonal plan, byzantine onion-shaped dome, and the contrast between its ornately finished first floor and the unfinished upper floors. Samuel Sloan, a Philadelphia architect, designed the home in 1859 for cotton planter Dr. Haller Nutt. Work was halted in 1861 at the start of the American Civil War. Dr. Nutt died of pneumonia in 1864, leaving the work incomplete. Of the thirty-two rooms planned for the house, only nine rooms on the basement floor were completed. Haller Nutt's never-finished Natchez home, Longwood, was the last burst of southern opulence before war brought the cotton barons' dominance to an end. Longwood survived decades of neglect and near-abandonment to become one of Natchez' most popular attractions. Longwood is owned and operated as a historic house museum by the Pilgrimage Garden Club; it is also available for rent. In 2010, Longwood was used in the HBO series True Blood for the external shots of the fictional Jackson, Mississippi mansion of Russell Edgington, the Vampire King of Mississippi and Louisiana.
A must see. Great for historical reasons and for architecture.
We enjoyed this stop. The craftmanship is amazing. The story behind the house is very intriguing. What an amazing house it is and how glamorous it would have been if it ever got finished. Really hit home how war can destroy dreams.
One of my favorite places to tour in Natchez. The exterior is finished but on entering you soon recognize that something is not quite right. Lovely sad story about how a time in history ended almost overnight.
Was a really unique place, learning the history behind it was really neat, like stepping into the shoes of the past and seeing it all first hand. Tour guide was very nice and really knowledgeable. The unfinished part of the plantation really shows the grandeur the place could have been. A definite must see in Mississippi.
The place offers an interesting insight to history and the economy of the time. The tour guide was very nice.
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