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I might be asking a dumb question, but regarding old money southern elites
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:15 pm
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:15 pm
Do many of the old money families who had ancestors in the southern planter aristocracy still live in the plantation mansions that their families built a long time ago?
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Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:15 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I do
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:15 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
nah
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:15 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
I would guess 0.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:16 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Ours was burned down. :(
This post was edited on 6/14/14 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:16 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
What a new money question
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:18 pm to HempHead
quote:My condolences.
Ours was burned down. :(
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:19 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Nope, most became abandoned between the end of the war and the 1930's. Costs of farm labor and never-ending home maintenance were the main factors. That's why so many fell in to disrepair and no longer exist.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:21 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
There are still old plantation homes around, many of which are still surrounded by a good amount of property. Not all of them, but many of them are considered national historical landmarks.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:22 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
As late as the 1980s you could still buy some old plantation homes fairly cheaply. I believe that's when Nottoway (about 25 miles west of BR) was bought and renovated.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:22 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
My family's (Destrehan Plantation) is now a tourist attraction in New Orleans.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:22 pm to OldHickory
quote:So they are just remnants of a society that existed long ago...
Nope, most became abandoned between the end of the war and the 1930's. Costs of farm labor and never-ending home maintenance were the main factors. That's why so many fell in to disrepair and no longer exist.
I don't know why, but it makes me sad to imagine a beautiful mansion just sitting there and rotting.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:24 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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My condolences.
We still have the paintings, at least. And most of the land.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:25 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Depends on where you live and what town in the south. There are tons of plantation folks in placesike thomasville Georgia
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:25 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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So they are just remnants of a society that existed long ago...
I don't know why, but it makes me sad to imagine a beautiful mansion just sitting there and rotting.
Well I've seen it all. A Michigan man that damn near sounds like one of those "Lost Cause" believers down here.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:26 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
My family still has a ton of land in Mississippi that dates bate to those days. All the homes are now gone but the farm lands still brings in money every year.
It would be pretty awesome if there was a huge plantation home on our land. I would have zero issue living in it
It would be pretty awesome if there was a huge plantation home on our land. I would have zero issue living in it
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:40 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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remnants of a society that existed long ago
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just sitting there and rotting
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:49 pm to Kafka
The Parlange family still lives in Parlange Plantation (New Roads, ca. 17ninety-something) and their land is still farmed.
Posted on 6/14/14 at 4:50 pm to Kafka
Posted on 6/14/14 at 5:05 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Go watch the movie "Fletch Lives"
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