Despite its neglected condition, the home's exterior, with its two-storey wraparound porch, prominent portico and fourteen Corinthian columns, still makes an imposing first impression.

Captured in all its faded grandeur by Leland Kent, the mansion was designed by Thomas Walter III, grandson of the architect who added the famous central dome to the US Capitol building. In photographs published on Leland Kent's Abandoned Southeast site, you can see the underside of the Greek Revival portico and the decorative flowers and foliage atop the columns.

You also get a sense of how badly the house is suffering from neglect from the peeling paintwork and exposed wood.

Step inside this doomed mansion that was a time capsule of old-world grandeur