NATCHITOCHES (AP) — A piece of Hollywood history will be sold on the auction block this month.

Natchitoches’ Cook-Taylor House — made famous in the film “Steel Magnolias” — will be auctioned Saturday, Oct. 26, to the highest bidder.

The house was built in 1840 by Italian architects Trizini and Soldini and was purchased as a business by Louis Dupleix in what early Natchitoches historian J.H. Cosgrove referred to as a great business spot. During the Civil War, the home was used for a hospital and it is rumored to have played a part in the Underground Railroad.

The Times reports (http://bit.ly/GzDIjo) the home has about 5,900-square-feet of living space, six bedrooms, six bathrooms and an 800-square-foot guesthouse. Other features include the original wood floors and a grand staircase.]