NATCHEZ — There aren’t any local legends about antebellum home Longwood being haunted, but tonight it will be filled with ghouls and ghosts.

The Longwood Halloween Carnival will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today.

The aim of the carnival — put on by the Pilgrimage Garden Club — is to raise funds for the restoration and maintenance of the historic home.

“We are just completing (repairs to) a part of one side of the house where the columns were unsteady and leaning,” Longwood manager Anna James said. “That is a major thing the money goes to.”

The house’s iconic dome also needs to be repaired and repainted, and work needs to be done on the roof of the servants’ quarters, James said.

“There is always something to do with this property,” she said.

But when revelers-to-be arrive at the event, that same iconic dome will be blacked out and all they will see will be big cat eyes.

“It is one of the coolest, neatest houses you will ever see, especially when you drive up at night,” Carnival co-Chair Gina Cauthen said.

The carnival was revived last year after a 20-year hiatus, and this year will feature a haunted house, a haunted trail ride, pumpkin painting, arts and crafts and a moon jumper — among other things.

“I used to do this when I was a kid, and the spook house was always my favorite part,” Cauthen said. “I just love to see the kids come up at Halloween and get out and get scared and then just play in the yard.”

The St. Mary Basilica Catholic Youth Organization is providing assistance with the haunted house.

Tickets are $3 for children age 15 and younger and $5 for adults.

T-shirts will also be available at the Longwood gift shop.