Translating historical documents of Longwood's lost interiors into a virtual reality representation of the rotunda

This study uses virtual reality to realize the never completed interior of Longwood, the largest octagonal home in the United States. This 30,000 sq. ft. home, designed by Samuel Sloan, is located in Natchez, MS. Construction halted due to the onset of the Civil War. Where once a lack of money prevented it from being completed, the structure in now preserved in its unfinished state under a deed for preservation. Many have speculated about what Longwood would have looked like, if finished. Using the historical narrative inquiry method, this investigation sought to discover to what extent an accurate virtual representation could be created of Longwood’s rotunda based on existing primary and secondary resources.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Author dc:creator

• Hathcock, Sarah

Contributors dc:contributor

• Miller, Tonya D.
• Moody, Dana M.; Kendall, Catherine L.
• College of Health, Education, and Professional Studies

• Architecture, Domestic -- Mississippi -- Natchez

Licence

• https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/?language=en

Language dc:language

English, eng

Repository record dc:identifier

https://scholar.utc.edu/theses/604

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:scholar.utc.edu:theses-1764