History

Longwood

Natchez, Mississippi

An unfinished eight-sided mansion with a Moorish dome, frozen when the Civil War began.

Price
Tour fee
Booking
No need to book
Time to allow
60 min

Longwood, also known as Nutt's Folly, is an octagonal antebellum mansion in Natchez that was left unfinished when work stopped during the Civil War. Only the ground floor was completed and the upper floors still show the bare brick. It is one of the most unusual houses in the South.

Good to know

  • Check tour times
  • Combine with Melrose and the Natchez bluffs
Best time
Morning
Open
All year
Getting there
City streets, small car park
Vehicles
Campervans fine
Dogs
No dogs

Facilities

  • Toilets

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