Nottoway Plantation was built in 1859 and the largest remaining antebellum mansion in the South, local government officials said.

The historic Nottoway Resort, Louisiana's largest antebellum mansion, was destroyed by fire Thursday. Ten fire departments fought the blaze at the 166-year-old landmark.

Flames ripped through the Nottoway Plantation House Thursday evening, destroying the largest standing antebellum mansion in the United States. The 160-year-old structure in Iberville Parish is now a charred shell of what once stood as both a major tourist destination and a complicated symbol of the South’s past.