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Evergreen Plantation is a plantation located on the west side of the Mississippi River in St. John the Baptist Parish, near Wallace, Louisiana, and along Louisiana Highway 18. The main house was constructed mostly in 1790, and renovated to its current Greek Revival style in 1832.
Oakwold Plantation House: July 23, 1980: Evergreen Avoyelles Parish Sam Houston visited while in the area soliciting funds for his Texas army. 80001764 Orange Grove Plantation House: March 26, 1980: Houma: Terrebonne: Circa-1840 Greek Revival briquette-entre-poteaux architecture; operates as an inn today. See Orange Grove Plantation House. 90001748
Robert Ruffin Barrow (1798 – 1875) was one of the owners of the most land and slaves in the southern United States before the American Civil War.He owned sixteen plantations, mostly in Louisiana, and had large landholdings in Texas.
It is the site of Evergreen Plantation, designated a National Historic Landmark in 1992. Evergreen is unusual for having 22 surviving slave quarters buildings. It is one of the most complete plantations in the South. Because of its significance, it was selected as one of the sites on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.
San Francisco and Evergreen plantations are open to the public for tours. The Whitney plantation house is planned for renovation. Whitney and Evergreen plantations are both included among the first 26 sites on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail. In January 1811, the German Coast Uprising started in this parish. It was the largest ...
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Evergreen Plantation may refer to: Evergreen Plantation (Grenada, Mississippi), listed on the NRHPs in Mississippi (Grenada County) Evergreen Plantation (Wallace, Louisiana), listed on the NRHP in Louisiana; Evergreen Plantation in Brazoria County, Texas; belonged to Alexander Calvit and was later known as Herndon Plantation.
The house was originally built in 1927 and redesigned in 1984 by businessman Mark Slotkin. The property boasts a pool and private tennis court, alongside a two-story guesthouse and two-car garage.