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An abandoned plantation house still standing after 190 years

Hidden deep in the Georgia woods, this plantation house dates back to the 1840s and remains standing nearly 190 years later. From original chimneys and hand-hewn construction to later additions and ...
The two-story Gregory House originally stood at the Ocheesee Landing on the Apalachicola River. It was built by planter Jason Gregory in 1849, not long after the territory became a state and the last ...
We set out to metal detect a Mississippi plantation house dating back to 1850, and things got strange fast. From relics and ...
WHITE CASTLE, La. (Louisiana First) — Flames ripped through the Nottoway Plantation House Thursday evening, destroying the largest standing antebellum mansion in the United States. The 160-year-old ...
It was the 1970s and Gaynel and Craig Schneeman — both just 20-somethings — were exploring Salem County on a springtime house tour. During that tour, the Schneemans visited Barrett's Plantation House ...