STUART — The City Commission on Monday agreed unanimously to make David Dyess the permanent city manager. Commissioners as well as members of the public expressed enthusiastic support for Dyess, ...

A fire at the Nottoway Plantation has revived a conversation about how properties born from slavery should be viewed — and ...

Dan Dyess expressed devastation over the fire that destroyed Nottoway Plantation in Louisiana and is uncertain if restoration is possible. The Nottoway plantation house, an essential element of ...

Dan Dyess expressed devastation over the fire that destroyed Nottoway Plantation in Louisiana and is uncertain if restoration ...

With its 200 windows and 165 doors fashioned by enslaved craftsmen and put in place with enslaved labor, Louisiana’s Nottoway Plantation was the South’s largest antebellum mansion, or “big ...

The website for Nottoway doesn’t mention those people at all. And according to property owner Dan Dyess’ words in the New York Post, there is no intent to do so: “We are trying to make this ...

Historic Nottoway Plantation in White Castle was destroyed by fire on May 15, 2025 Once the South's largest antebellum mansion, it was built by enslaved people in 1858 The new owner, Louisiana ...

From The Associated Press: The mansion’s owner, Louisiana attorney Dan Dyess, said in a written statement that the fire had led to a “total loss” after all the time and money he invested in the ...

He was killed in an auto accident in 2024, and ownership changed again last October to Dan Dyess, a Natchitoches lawyer and preservationist. The new owner doesn’t get it. Dyess has been quoted ...

The mansion’s owner, Louisiana attorney Dan Dyess, said in a written statement that the fire had led to a “total loss” after all the time and money he invested in the building.