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The Madewood Plantation House is located on the northern bank of Bayou Lafourche, on manicured grounds separated from the bayou by Highway 308.It is a two-story 15,000 sq ft (1,400 m 2) masonry, built with massive brick walls that have been finished with stucco scored to resemble stone blocks.
Madewood Plantation House: Madewood Plantation House: May 4, 1983 : Napoleonville: Assumption: Architect Henry Howard's first major building, begun in 1846. 26: Magnolia Plantation: Magnolia Plantation
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.
If you're even a passing fan of haunted history, you've heard of the Winchester Mystery House. Located in San Jose, California, the building was first purchased as a two-story farmhouse by Sarah ...
From the infamous Amityville Horror House to the Villisca Axe Murder House, the US is home to some horrifying houses with dark histories.
The historic Battery Carriage House proudly declares itself the most haunted inn (and most romantic bed-and-breakfast) in Charleston. From a headless spirit in Room 8 to a whole congregation in ...
By 1848, he designed the Madewood Plantation House near Napoleonville. [2] He went on to design several other plantation mansions, such as Nottoway (1859, the largest surviving plantation house in the South), Belle Alliance, Indian Camp Plantation (1859), Belmont Plantation in St. James Parish, and Edgewood (1859) in Natchez, Mississippi . [6]
The main house of Ward Hall’s Greek Revival antebellum plantation mansion covers a staggering 12,000 square feet. By comparison, Henry Clay’s Ashland covers 8,184 square feet and the Waveland ...