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| Samuel Sloan, a Philadelphia architect, designed the house in 1859 for cotton planter Dr. Haller Nutt. Work was halted in 1861 at the start of the Civil War. Dr. Nutt died of pneumonia in 1864, leaving the work incomplete. Of the 32 rooms planned for the house, only nine rooms on the basement floor were completed. Longwood was the lasty burst of southern opulence before war brought the cotton barons dominance to an end. |
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