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Today on Louisiana Considered, we hear what the loss of the Nottoway Plantation House means to descendants of people enslaved ...
WHITE CASTLE, La. — On the front lawn of the now-destroyed Nottoway ... were regularly rented out as a wedding venue or a conference space. So it seemed like an appropriate time to visit the Nottoway ...
When Tammika Thompson first heard about the fire at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation ... “We’re not here to promote these sites as wedding venues,” Banner said. “It’s not about the ...
On May 15, 2025, the Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, Louisiana—once the South ... the plantation transitioned into a luxury resort and wedding venue. It often omits the painful history ...
The former House Chamber, with its soaring ceilings and ornate details, makes for a wedding venue that ... embodies the Louisiana spirit. So next time you’re passing through Baton Rouge, make the ...
There it stands in downtown Baton Rouge – a gleaming white Gothic castle that looks like it was plucked straight from a European fairy tale and dropped unceremoniously among the modern office ...
Last Thursday in White Castle ... the market for wedding services in the U.S. alone is valued at almost $65 billion. Anyone who has attended or participated in a wedding won’t be entirely shocked by ...
The 53,000-square-foot Nottoway Plantation in White Castle, Louisiana ... was built by enslaved hands and later turned into a wedding venue that profited off our pain... Sometimes, ashes feel ...
Nottoway Plantation was built in the 1850s by John Hampden Randolph and sits on a 31-acre property in White Castle ... a museum and wedding and event venue. The mansion's owner, Louisiana attorney ...
A historic plantation converted into a resort and wedding venue burned to the ground Thursday night.