An investigation at the Nottoway Plantation by the Louisiana State Fire Marshal’s Office and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives has wrapped up.

Staff members said they first saw smoke coming from the second floor on Thursday, May 15. When they returned after evacuating, the room was engulfed in flames.

When Tammika Thompson first heard about the fire at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation on May 15, she felt a surge of energy in her body as she recognized why the name was so familiar. Her father ...

There are no perfect answers here. Nottoway could have gone the way of Whitney Plantation, also in Louisiana, which is a museum dedicated to helping visitors understand who the enslaved people were.

After a fire engulfed a mansion at Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation, one of the largest remaining pre-Civil War houses in the Deep South where scores of enslaved Africans labored, video footage ...

Video of the Nottoway Plantation fire sparks jubilation. It’s about anger and pain over slavery, too Preservationists say the jubilant reactions to the charred mansion reflect the trauma and ...

The north wing of the Nottoway Plantation starts to collapse as crews battle the fire on Thursday, May 15, 2025 in White Castle, La. (Michael Johnson /The Advocate via AP) ...