Louisiana's finest Southern Plantation mansion burns to the ground

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It's a sad day in Louisiana, as the news comes to hand that one of the States finest Southern Plantation mansions, Nottoway, on the banks of the Mississippi, 100kms NW of New Orleans, has burnt to the ground, and been totally destroyed.

The place has been owned by a local lawyer for many years, and he spent multiple millions on restoring it, and operating it as an "event space", and living slavery museum. It was a major tourist drawcard for the State.

 

The gloom is palpable in Louisiana today as the collective sadness descends on them, that such an outstanding piece of surviving colonial slavery history, and all the historical items it contained, has been destroyed.

It was a magnificent place, I'm surprised it survived being burnt by the Yankees in the Civil War, and I would hope it can be rebuilt.

No information is available as to whether it was insured or not - or if it was, whether the insured value was sufficient to cover a total rebuild.

 

https://www.axios.com/local/new-orleans/2025/05/16/nottoway-plantation-burns-antebellum-louisiana