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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.
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [1] There are 16 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the parish. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted November 29, 2024.
The Calhoun Farmhouse is a historic house located at 2575 LA 821, about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) west of Ruston, Louisiana, USA. Built around 1880 on a parcel owned by Mrs. John D. Calhoun, the house is a frame residence in Italianate style. Around 1890, a rear kitchen service wing was added, transforming the L-shaped building into an U-shaped one.
Vernon Parish map, 1895. [8] Old First National Bank Building in downtown Leesville, LA, now the Courthouse Annex building. In the late 1890s the timber industry, which was the dominant industry in the parish from its creation, began to boom with the construction of the Kansas City Southern Railway in 1897. It increased access to markets.
English: Downtown Leesville, Louisiana: west side of 3rd Street, looking north-northwest from its intersection with Lula Street. This portion of 3rd lies within the Downtown Leesville Historic District, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Calhoun is located in a rural area with a landscape mixture of hills and woodlands on the former transcontinental route U.S. 80 near Interstate 20, approximately 10 miles west of West Monroe. [ citation needed ] It has experienced a large growth in population recently and is near three local universities.
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Pitkin is a census-designated place (CDP) in Vernon Parish, Louisiana, United States. [3]Pitkin is approximately 40 miles (64 km) southeast of Leesville, the parish seat, and approximately 45 miles (72 km) southwest of the city of Alexandria.