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    Pre-Civil War mansion in Louisiana gutted by fire

    preztrumpBy preztrumpMay 17, 2025No Comments3 Mins Read
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    The mansion at Nottoway Plantation, a 166-year-old constructing in White Fortress, Louisiana, was destroyed in a fireplace Thursday.

    The reason for the blaze is being investigated, the Louisiana Workplace of State Hearth Marshal mentioned on Fb Friday. 

    No friends have been current through the fireplace, which began at round 2 p.m.  The cedar wooden used to assemble the mansion in 1859 helped contribute to the depth and pace of the flames.

    “Nottoway Plantation was destroyed. It’s a shell. It’s an in depth fireplace. When you’ve got a constructing that’s that outdated, made out of cypress wooden, it’s a tinder field that went up fairly fast and burned extremely popular,” Louisiana State Hearth Marshal spokesman Ken Pastorick advised USA Immediately.

    Iberville Sheriff’s Workplace Capt. Monty Migliacio advised ABC Information that “it was the largest fireplace I’ve seen in my whole 20-year profession.”

    There have been no accidents, Iberville Parish President Chris Daigle wrote on Fb, including that the lack of the property, the most important remaining antebellum mansion within the South, was a blow to the realm’s tourism financial system. It has been listed on the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations since 1980.

    “It stood as each a cautionary monument and a testomony to the significance of preserving historical past — even the painful components — in order that future generations can be taught and develop from it. … The lack of Nottoway isn’t just a loss for Iberville Parish, however for the complete state of Louisiana.  It was a cornerstone of our tourism financial system and a web site of nationwide significance,” Mr. Daigle wrote.

    The mansion was constructed for sugar magnate and slave proprietor John Hampden Randolph and named after Nottoway County, Virginia, which his household had moved from when he was a toddler in 1819, based on a 1936 thesis from Louisiana State College. 

    After his loss of life in 1883, the property was bought. At the very least 155 slaves lived at Nottoway, a few of whom have been taken to Texas by Randolph in 1863 in the midst of the Civil Conflict, based on Baton Rouge’s Advocate newspaper. A few of them, together with Randolph, returned to Louisiana after the battle led to 1865.

    The property was used for weddings, excursions and different occasions previous to the hearth. The present property proprietor, Dan Dyess, advised The Advocate that “we’re very devastated, we’re upset, we’re unhappy. We put a variety of time, effort and cash to growing this property,” and that he’ll contemplate rebuilding the mansion.



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