Nottoway Plantation Resort

Nottoway Plantation Resort stands at 31025 LA-1 in White Castle, Louisiana, approximately 70 miles west of New Orleans along the Great River Road on the west bank of the Mississippi River. Constructed in 1859 to the design of architect Henry Howard for sugar planter John Hampden Randolph, Nottoway is the largest surviving antebellum plantation mansion in the American South, comprising 53,000 square feet and 64 rooms across its Italianate and Greek Revival structure. The property operates as a resort and historic attraction with 40 guest rooms and suites distributed between the main house and adjacent outbuildings, including the Overseer Cottages and Main House Suites furnished with period-appropriate antiques and reproductions. An outdoor swimming pool, a full-service restaurant, and extensive grounds provide leisure amenities. Daily guided tours of the mansion's principal rooms, including the celebrated White Ballroom, are available to overnight guests and day visitors. The restaurant serves Louisiana cuisine featuring local ingredients and Gulf Coast seafood. The property hosts weddings, private events, and historical education programs. The Great River Road context provides access to other plantation homes, including Oak Alley Plantation (15 miles east), and the property is within an hour's drive of Baton Rouge. The resort's setting on the Mississippi levee, surrounded by sugarcane fields and live oak alleys, offers a landscape unlike any urban Louisiana hotel. Travelers should approach the property's history with awareness of its antebellum context and the enslaved labor that built and sustained it.