On the evening of May 15, the south wing of Nottoway Resort in White Castle, L.A., was engulfed in flames. By 10 p.m., the 64-room, 53,000-square-foot Antebellum structure was a pile of rubble, according to Nola.com .

A huge fire has destroyed large parts of Nottoway Plantation, one of the South's largest antebellum mansions. The fire spread through the iconic 64-room historic building in White Castle, Louisiana, on Thursday,

The fire that engulfed the Nottoway Plantation House on Thursday devastated the building along the Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Iberville Parish President Chris Daigle said on social media. Nearly a dozen fire departments from surrounding towns battled the blaze, he said. No injuries were reported.