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Known by locals as Nutt's Folly, this antebellum mansion built for Mississippi natives Haller and Julie Nutt represents a stunning architectural and visual achievement in the Old South. Now a museum, the oldest octagonal house in America boasts an eight-sided floor plan and a Byzantine-style dome that commanded as much attention and admiration at the time of its construction in 1859 as it does in the present day.
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