Longwood also known as nutt s folly is a grand antebellum mansion in natchez mississippi.
Longwood mississippi attic.
No matter how much you hear about longwood plantation before you actually visit for a tour nothing can really prepare you for what you find inside.
A grandiose octagonal home crowned by a large and exotic dome stands out among the antebellum mansions.
Haller nutt and and his wife julia.
Longwood also known as nutt s folly was designed in 1859 by philadelphia architect samuel sloan for cotton planter dr.
National register of historic places and is a national historic landmark.
Construction began in 1860 but was halted in 1861 by rising tensions over the civil war.
The mansion is on the u s.
This six story 30 000 square foot mansion was designed by samuel sloan a well known architect from philadelphia for cotton baron haller nutt and his wife julia.
Longwood is the largest octagonal house in the united states.
Longwood also known as nutt s folly is a historic antebellum octagonal mansion located at 140 lower woodville road in natchez mississippi united states.
The rotundas in the second and third stories were to be open to the dome with galleries around circular openings on each of these two upper levels.
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