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A plantation house is the main house of a plantation, often a substantial farmhouse, which often serves as a symbol for the plantation as a whole. Plantation houses in the Southern United States and in other areas are known as quite grand and expensive architectural works today, though most were more utilitarian, working farmhouses.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the United States of America that are national memorials, National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places or other heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Kent Plantation House is the oldest standing structure in Central Louisiana. Listed since 1971 in the National Register of Historic Places , Kent House is located in Alexandria in Rapides Parish . The plantation house is a representation of southern plantation life between 1795 and 1855.
Rienzi Plantation House is a historic mansion located at 215 East Bayou Road in Thibodaux, Louisiana. While it gives the impression of dating to c.1840, [ 2 ] it is believed that the house was built between 1814 and 1825.
Audubon spent four months at the home in 1821, teaching Eliza Pirrie, the teen-aged daughter of the plantation's owners James Pirrie and Lucretia "Lucy" Alston (Pirrie), to draw. This is when he completed his nature drawings on the site. [2] The house was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 for its historical significance ...
Ferry Plantation House, or Old Donation Farm, Ferry Farm, Walke Manor House, [3] [5] is a brick house in the neighborhood of Old Donation Farm in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The site dates back to 1642 when Savill Gaskin started the second ferry service in Hampton Roads to carry passengers on the Lynnhaven River to the nearby county courthouse ...
Albania Plantation is a plantation house located on the Bayou Teche in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana right outside of the town of Jeanerette, Louisiana.The home was built between 1837 and 1842 by Charles Alexandre Grevemberg, who operated a successful sugar plantation based on slave labor on the surrounding 6,500 acres (2,600 ha).
The San Francisco Plantation House is located on the north bank of the Mississippi River, separated from the river by Louisiana Highway 44 and a levee. The house stands on about 8 acres (3.2 ha) of land, now surrounded by a farm of oil tanks. It is a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story structure, set on a full-height basement. The basement has a brick floor ...