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This is a list of properties and districts in Louisiana that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. There are listings in each of Louisiana's 64 parishes . The locations of National Register properties and districts (at least for all showing latitude and longitude coordinates below), may be seen in a map by clicking on "Map of ...
The builder and first owner of the house was sugar baron and slave owner, Pierre Trepagnier, who in the early 1780s was awarded a tract of land between Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River by Spanish Governor Don Bernardo de Galvez, [2] [3] in recognition of Trepagnier's service in subduing the British at Natchez as an officer in the Louisiana Militia during the American Revolutionary ...
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.
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.
"Map of the Parish of Madison, La." c. 1860. New Carthage, Louisiana, also known as Carthage Landing, was a 19th-century Mississippi River boat landing and village surrounded by cotton-producing agricultural land and undeveloped wetlands. New Carthage was located in, successively, Concordia Parish, Madison Parish, and Tensas Parish in Louisiana ...
Français : Plan de La Nouvelle-Orléans, capitale de la Louisiane, avec l'emplacement de ses quartiers et cours d'eau tels qu'ils ont été tracés par M. de la Tour en l'an 1720 English: Plan of New Orleans the Capital of Louisiana; With the Disposition of Its Quarters and Canals as They Have Been Traced by Mr. de la Tour in the Year 1720
WELLS, Maine — The new owner of the Carriage House Motel plans to renovate and expand the historic Post Road destination.. The Wells Planning Board on Aug. 7 accepted a site plan pre-application ...
In 1971, American Oil donated the house and 4 acres (16,000 m 2) of land to the River Road Historical Society, a nonprofit organization. The oil company continued its support in 1990 by donating monies for the installation of a fire sprinkler system and new roof, as well as gifting an additional 12.8 acres (52,000 m 2 ) of surrounding land.