Nottoway Facts

Construction of Nottoway was completed in 1859 at an estimated $80,000. Nottoway has 64 rooms in its three floors, six interior staircases, three modern bathrooms, 22 massive square columns, 165 doors and 200 windows.

During Randolph's day, the home had fancy chamber pots (flushing toilets) and hot and cold running water in all bathrooms, all unheard of at that time.

Nottoway had a "gas plant" on site with gas lighting throughout the home, unique at the time.

A bowling alley was installed for the children inside the home.

The extraordinary plaster frieze work began as plaster made of a combination of mud, clay, horsehair and Spanish moss with an enormous amount used by Jeremiah Supple, a young, gifted Irishman - 4,200 yards of plastering, over 1,500 feet of cornicing, and 140 feet of scroll ornaments in the parlors.

The 64-room, three-story palatial mansion is sometimes referred to as an "American castle."

Nottoway is a member of the Plantation Parade Association, promoting the grand heritage of plantations along the River Road, along with The Cabin Restaurant, Houmas House, Laura Plantation, Oak Alley Plantation, St. Joseph Plantation, and San Francisco Plantation.