Samuel Sloan (architect)

Samuel Sloan
"Longwood" (Haller Nutt mansion), Natchez, Mississippi (1859–1862, unfinished).
Born	(1815-03-07)March 7, 1815 Chester County, Pennsylvania
Died	July 19, 1884(1884-07-19) (aged 69) Raleigh, North Carolina
Occupation	Architect
Buildings	Kirkbride's Insane Asylum, Philadelphia Longwood, Natchez Bartram Hall, Philadelphia (demolished)

Samuel Sloan (March 7, 1815 – July 19, 1884)^[1] was a Philadelphia-based architect and best-selling author of architecture books in the mid-19th century. He specialized in Italianate villas and country houses, churches, and institutional buildings. His most famous building—the octagonal mansion "Longwood" in Natchez, Mississippi—is unfinished; construction was abandoned during the American Civil War.