antebellum mansion
Pre-war Southern estate
A large, stately Southern home built before the American Civil War, typically featuring white columns, wraparound porches, and neoclassical architecture.
These mansions were built by wealthy plantation owners and are associated with the slave economy that supported them.
The term evokes both romanticized images of Southern gentility and the brutal history of slavery: The antebellum mansion had been converted into a bed-and-breakfast.
Tours of such homes often draw criticism for glossing over their origins.
- plantationLarge-scale farming operation
- cotton fieldsFarmland growing fiber crops
- columnsUpright structural shafts
- porticoColumned covered entryway
- front porchCovered entry deck
Southern · veranda · magnolia · Spanish moss · Confederate · slavery · pillars · ballroom · belle of the ball · cotton · Old South · aristocracy · sweeping · staircase · chandeliers · Scarlett · Tara · moss
- American housesranch, bungalow, colonial, Cape Cod, farmhouse
- Antebellum Southplantation, cotton kingdom, overseer, slave quarters, big house
- Creole architectureshotgun house, French Quarter, wrought iron, galleries, louvered shutters
antebellum mansionslave quarters
Housing for enslaved persons
shotgun house · servants' quarters · shotgun shack · hovel · shanty
antebellum, mansion, mansions, bellicose, belligerent, belligerence, belligerency, rebellion, rebellious