The room that defines this house is lit from above. A long dining room sits under a glass skylight roof of stained-glass panels, and the light falls in green and pink across a wooden table, carved chairs, and a white statue fountain at the far end. It is the kind of room that was designed to be looked at, and it is still worth looking at now that the house is empty.
The post that published these photographs is one sentence long: “$5.5 Million Dollar Abandoned mansion in the south once owned by a renowned artist!” That is everything the caption says. No artist is named, no town or state is given, and no date is attached. This article works with that sentence and with the five photographs, and it does not fill in the gaps.
A house built around light
The aerial photograph shows a large cream and brick mansion with a shingled roof, several chimneys, and a glass atrium section, set among bare trees and overgrown grounds. It is a big house, and from above it looks like more than one house joined together — wings and rooflines at different heights, with the glass section in the middle.
Inside, the glass is the point. The dining room photograph shows the skylight roof in full: rows of stained-glass panels in green, pink and blue, a chandelier hanging below them, and a long wooden dining table with carved chairs set on a tiled floor. A ladder leans against the wall, wooden cabinets line one side, and a white statue fountain stands at the far end. The room is bare of people and of clutter, but it is not bare of character. The light does most of the work.
The atrium photograph shows the same idea from another room: a glass-roofed space with a white statue fountain in a tiled basin at its centre, stained-glass skylight panels above, a chandelier, wooden cabinets, and brown armchairs. The statue and the fountain repeat the dining room’s theme. Whoever built this house liked water features and coloured glass, and liked them more than once.
Two views of the same orange room
The other two photographs show the same living room from opposite ends, and the pair is worth comparing because each view catches something the other misses.
From one end, the room is orange-walled, with a white fireplace and a mirror above it, a crystal chandelier, two black leather sofas, a worn wood floor and a small rug, sunlight streaming in through the windows. From the other end, the same two sofas face each other across the rug before the same fireplace, and a doorway opens to an adjoining room with a wooden desk and a red chair.
The two views agree on the room’s condition: the sofas are still there, the fireplace is intact, the floor is worn but whole, and nothing has been smashed or stripped. It is an abandoned room, but it is not a ruined one. The difference between the views is small — the desk and red chair appear only in the second — and that is the point. A house this size has corners that a single photograph misses, and two photographs of the same room are still not the whole room.
The artist the post never names
The caption’s one real claim, apart from the price, is that the mansion was “once owned by a renowned artist”. No name is given. There is no way, from the post or the photographs, to know which artist, what kind of art, or when they lived there. The statue fountain and the stained glass might suggest a taste for art, but that is a guess, and it is marked as one: the rooms show an owner’s taste, not an owner’s identity.
The $5.5 million figure is in the same position. It is the post’s number, published by BigBankz on 10 October 2025, and it is presented here as the post’s number. It is not a verified valuation, and it is not a listing price. No sale status is given in the post.
What remains, once the unverified parts are set aside, is a large southern mansion with a glass atrium, a stained-glass dining room, and an orange living room with black leather sofas — a house that was clearly built and furnished with care, and that now sits empty among bare trees.
More homes of this kind are gathered in mansions left in this condition, and the site’s collection of smaller derelict homes is in the Abandoned Houses collection. For the contrast of a house still lived in, see a 1902 home in Alexandria that is still lived in.
FAQ
Who was the artist?
Not named in the post. The caption says only that the mansion was once owned by a renowned artist, with no name, dates, or detail.
How much is the mansion worth?
The post calls it a $5.5 million mansion. That is the post’s figure, not a verified valuation or listing price.
Where is it?
In the south, according to the post. No town, state, or address is given, and none is given here.
What is the most striking room?
The dining room under the stained-glass skylight, with its long wooden table, carved chairs, chandelier, and white statue fountain at the far end.
Is the house damaged?
The photographs show worn floors and an overgrown exterior, but the rooms shown are largely intact — the sofas, fireplace, skylight, and statue fountain are all still in place.
Is it for sale?
No listing or sale status is given in the post, and none is claimed here.
Can I visit it?
No visiting information is given here, and entering private property without permission is not encouraged.
Disclaimer
This article is general information only, not legal, tax, or financial advice. Rules on abandoned and private property differ by state and county; check county/local records and a local professional before acting.
Photos
Photos by BigBankz, via the original Facebook post: https://www.facebook.com/BigBankz2/posts/55-million-dollar-abandoned-mansion-in-the-south-once-owned-by-a-renowned-artist/122127628994955751/ — 5 of the 9 photos are shown here.
