Longwood Plantation
140 Lower Woodville Road
Natchez, MS
Some of you may recognize this house from the HBO television series True Blood. I don't watch the series myself but I understand it was used for some external shots.
Also known as Nutt's Folly, Longwood Plantation is an octagonal mansion which was built by Dr. Haller Nutt. Its construction began in 1859, before the American Civil War, and thus it is referred to as antebellum architecture. Antebellum is Latin for pre-war.
The basement level of the house is very ornate but the upper floors of the house are unfinished. Construction began in 1859 but when the Civil War broke out in 1961 construction stopped. Dr. Nutt died before the end of the war leaving the construction incomplete.
In addition to touring the living quarters, unfinished construction, and viewing the ornate exterior of the home, you can stroll the grounds and visit the family cemetery on the property. Much worth the visit to see how the Civil War put a real halt to the prosperity of plantation life in the deep south.
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