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Judge Poché Plantation House. / 30.01222°N 90.82694°W / 30.01222; -90.82694. The Judge Felix Poché Plantation House is a historic house in Convent, Louisiana. It was built c. 1870 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 3, 1980. The house's name derives from its ownership by Louisiana Supreme Court Justice ...
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.
Occupation. Lawyer, Justice. Profession. Attorney, Judge. Felix Pierre Poché (May 18, 1836 – June 21, 1895) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from April 5, 1880, to April 5, 1890. Born in St. James Parish, Louisiana to a family of French Acadian origin, [1] [2] [3] Poché was educated at the public schools of Louisiana until he ...
Early 19th-century plantation, joined in 1890 with Felicity Plantation to form the St. Joseph Plantation & Manufacturing Company. Privately owned. 20. St. Michael's Church Historic District. St. Michael's Church Historic District. November 15, 1979. ( #79003121) Louisiana Highway 44. 30°00′40″N 90°49′31″W.
Laura Plantation is a restored historic Louisiana Creole plantation on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Vacherie, Louisiana. [2] Formerly known as Duparc Plantation, it is significant for its early 19th-century Créole-style raised big house and several surviving outbuildings, including two slave cabins.
Destrehan Plantation (French: Plantation Destrehan) is an antebellum mansion, in the French Colonial style, modified with Greek Revival architectural elements. It is located in southeast Louisiana, near the town of the same name, Destrehan. During the 19th century, the plantation was a major producer of indigo and then sugarcane.
Melrose Plantation. Melrose Plantation, also known as Yucca Plantation, is a National Historic Landmark located in the unincorporated community of Melrose in Natchitoches Parish in north central Louisiana. This is one of the largest plantations in the United States built by and for free people of color. The land was granted to Louis Metoyer ...
January 3, 2001 [2] Shown here hidden by trees is Magnolia Plantation House, located adjacent to the Cane River Creole National Historical Park in south Natchitoches Parish. Magnolia Plantation is a former cotton plantation in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2001, significant as one of the ...