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Most plantation owners maintained an office for keeping records, transacting business, writing correspondence, and the like. [8] Although it, like the schoolroom, was most often within the main house or another structure, it was not at all rare for a complex to have a separate plantation office.
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the United States of America that are national memorials, National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places or other heritage register, or are otherwise significant for their history, association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design.
Magnolia Market reported an estimated 1.2 million visitors through November 2016. Attendance at the nearby Dr. Pepper Museum increased by more than 60% because of Magnolia Market's popularity. [9] Special events are held regularly at the complex, including Spring at the Silos (March), Silobration (October), and Christmas at the Silos. [10]
Magnolia Mound Plantation House, in Baton Rouge; Tally-Ho Plantation House, Bayou Goula; Laurel Valley Sugar Plantation, Thibodaux; Hotel Maison De Ville, New Oeleans, Louisiana; Whitney Plantation Historic District, near Wallace; Nottoway Plantation, near White Castle; Uncle Sam Plantation, near Convent; LaBranche Plantation Dependency, in St ...
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Jean Noël Destréhan (1754–1823), Louisiana plantation owner whose slaves rebelled during the 1811 German Coast Uprising. [ 95 ] Thomas Roderick Dew (1802–1846), president of the College of William & Mary ; he was an influential pro-slavery advocate, owning one enslaved person himself.
Fort Worth City council member Elizabeth Beck, whose district includes West 7th, said she’s been trying to get a special taxing district for the area since she took office in 2021, speaking to a ...
A developer has submitted early plans to Fort Worth officials for an 87-unit apartment complex in Como, an historic residential neighborhood 10 minutes west of downtown.. The property, zoned for ...