Longwood Natchez Mississippi Postcard

This postcard features Longwood, a mansion also known as Nutt's Folly. The home was designed by a Philadelphia architect, Samuel Sloan, for cotton planter, Haller Nutt in 1859. Nutt died of pneumonia in 1864, leaving the work incomplete. Construction on this architectural gem, the largest octagonal house in the U.S., began in 1860, but was interrupted by the onset of war. A National Historic Landmark, the still-unfinished mansion is an enduring symbol of the impact of the Civil War. In 2010, Longwood was used in the HBO series True Blood, for the external shots of the fictional Jackson, Mississippi, mansion of Russell Edgington, the Vampire King. The mansion is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places, and is a National Historic Landmark.