A grand mansion featured in the hit series "American Horror Story" has been listed for sale for $4.5 million.
Located in New Orleans, the sprawling 168-year-old estate called the Buckner Mansion was seen on "American Horror Story: Coven," where it was known as Miss Robichaux's Academy for Exceptional Young Ladies, a boarding school for young witches.
The mansion spans over 9,000 square feet and features seven bedrooms and 6.5 bathrooms, per the New York Post. It also features a dining room, a study, and a triple parlor with a ceiling detailed with ornamental plasterwork and medallions.
The Mansion's History
The mansion was built in 1856 for Henry Sullivan Buckner, the cotton kingpin at the time. The mansion was allegedly built with the aim of being bigger and grander than that of Frederick Stanton, a former business partner turned rival, according to Visit New Orleans.
Buckner commissioned reputed architect Lewis E. Reynolds to design the house. The mansion later featured two stories and a basement, regal stone materials, the iconic cast-iron front gate, and a wide wrap-around balcony and veranda boasting 48 Corinthian and Ionic fluted columns.
In addition, the Buckner mansion features a three-story service wing, 16-foot high ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, and three grand ballrooms.
The Buckners lived in the mansion until 1923, when they put the house for sale. It then became the new site of the Soulé Business College, a highly regarded business school that produced plenty of notable alumni, including New Orleans Robert Maestri and Biloxi mayor Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe, per Atlas Obscura.
The school's founder, George Soulé, added a two-story block building near the back of the mansion to create more space for classrooms, according to Gambit.
Soulé Business College shut down in 1983 and was put up for sale. The current owners bought the property in 1997 for $640,000, as noted by Mansion Global. Since then, the home's kitchen and baths were updated, as were its plumbing and electrical systems.
The listing, held by the Francher Perrin Group, noted that apart from the living space, the new owners could update a built-out attic and add another 3,500 square feet of living space.
