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This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Louisiana that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register; or are otherwise significant for their history, their association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Louisiana is divided into 64 parishes, which are equivalent to counties, and contains 304 municipalities consisting of four consolidated city-parishes, 64 cities, 130 towns, and 106 villages. [2] Louisiana's municipalities cover only 7.8% of the state's land mass but are home to 46.4% of its population. [1]
Location of St. Mary Parish in Louisiana. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana, United States.
With about 40 original structures remaining, it is the largest surviving 19th- and 20th-century sugar plantation complex left in the United States, [3] and it is still a working sugarcane farm. [2] The general store on the property is open to the public, displaying tools and farm implements used in the cultivation of sugar cane as well as ...
St. Joseph Plantation is a historic plantation located on the west bank of the Mississippi River in the town of Vacherie, St. James Parish, Louisiana, United States of America. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places .
Frogmore Plantation is an historic, privately owned cotton plantation complex, located near Ferriday in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. Since 1997, Frogmore Plantation is a working farm, tourist attraction featuring many structures, and educational center. Buildings on the site include a cotton gin, and a plantation manor house named Gillespie. [2]
A fallen tree blocks an intersection on September 11, 2024 in Houma, Louisiana. Hurricane Francine has been upgraded to a Category 2 hurricane and continues to make landfall along the Louisiana coast.
This is a complete list of National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana,. The United States National Historic Landmark program is a program of the National Park Service , and recognizes structures, districts, objects, and similar resources according to a list of criteria of national significance.