[4] The mansion was built in 1830 for Narcisse Prudhomme, who held as many as 104 enslaved people on the property.

[4] After his death in 1859, the plantation was inherited by his son, Achille Prudhomme.

[4] Although the plantation survived the Civil War of 1861-1865 intact,[4] after Achille's death, the land was divided into parcels by his heirs and sold off.

[4] It is now owned by filmwriter Robert Harling, author of the play, later a film, Steel Magnolias (dir.

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