Discover longwood in natchez mississippi.
Longwood mississippi attic.
Haller nutt and and his wife julia.
Longwood also known as nutt s folly is a historic antebellum octagonal mansion located at 140 lower woodville road in natchez mississippi united states.
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.
Construction began in 1860 but was halted in 1861 by rising tensions over the civil war.
Longwood also known as nutt s folly was designed in 1859 by philadelphia architect samuel sloan for cotton planter dr.
Longwood mansion natchez miss.
Longwood also known as nutt s folly is a grand antebellum mansion in natchez mississippi.
The attic or third floor was to contain a central rotunda 24 by 24 feet and four rectangular rooms each measuring 21 by 24 feet.
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.
The house was built and designed by philadelphia architect samuel sloan for haller nutt a successful cotton planter and plantation owner in mississippi who made his fortune when he developed a commercial strain of cotton popular in the deep south.
National register of historic places and is a national historic landmark.
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.