South’s largest antebellum mansion burned to the ground, igniting debate on social media Published: May. 16, 2025, 8:43 a.m. The 1859 Nottoway Plantation burned Thursday in Iberville Parish, La.

The largest pre-Civil War mansion in all of the American South burned to the ground as a devastating fire ripped through the historic wooden structure built nearly 200 years ago. Flames broke out ...