I recently went back to the Layton Castle website. They have recently added photos of the building before and after it was turned into a castle. You can see them here:
https://www.laytoncastle.com/history/blog-post-title-one-gczzx-pa49b
I encourage you to take a thorough look through their webpages. Particularly interesting is a blog post earlier this year, detailing their project to index and digitize the enslavement records in the family archives for future researchers!
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 