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Longwood
Longwood (Natchez, Mississippi)
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 mansion is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, and is a National Historic Landmark.[3][4] Longwood is the largest octagonal house in the United States.[5]
Description and history
The mansion is known for its octagonal plan, byzantine onion-shaped dome,[6] and the contrast between its ornately finished first floor and the unfinished upper floors.
The inspiration for Longwood: Sloan's "Oriental Villa" as it appeared in his 1852 book, The Model Architect
Samuel Sloan, a Philadelphia architect, designed the home in 1859 for cotton planter Haller Nutt.[7] Work was halted in 1861 at the start of the American Civil War. 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.[8]
Longwood is owned and operated as a historic house museum by the Pilgrimage Garden Club; it is also available for rent. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longwood_(Natchez,_Mississippi)
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