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The Houmas, also known as Burnside Plantation and currently known as Houmas House Plantation and Gardens, is a historic plantation complex and house museum in Burnside, Louisiana. The plantation was established in the late 1700s, with the current main house completed in 1840. It was named after the native Houma people, who originally occupied ...
The plantation was rebuilt after 1880 by another owner. Angola Plantation: Not applicable Angola West Feliciana: Had been Francis Routh's cotton plantation; and the land is now part of the Louisiana State Penitentiary. [4] 82000469 Ardoyne Plantation House: November 1, 1982: Houma: Terrebonne: 80004476 Arlington Plantation: October 3, 1980 ...
01000943 [1] Added to NRHP. September 8, 2001. The Residence Plantation House is a historic house on a former plantation in Houma, Louisiana, U.S.. It was built in 1898 for Roberta Barrow, the daughter of sugar planter Robert Ruffin Barrow. [2] Her father lived in a house on the plantation; Roberta "demolished her father's antebellum home and ...
The addition of Houma's new Civic Center promises to attract more entertainment and convention revenue to the city. The draw of authentic Acadian culture, diverse environment and wildlife, plantation homes, excellent food, and close proximity to New Orleans, Baton Rouge, and Lafayette attracts visitors to Houma and its central location.
Houma people. The Houma (/ ˈhoʊmə /) are a historic Native American people of Louisiana on the east side of the Red River of the South. The United Houma Nation, who identify as descendants of the Houma people, have been recognized by the state as a tribe since 1972, but are not recognized by the federal government. [1]
The Orange Grove Plantation House is a historic house on a former plantation in Terrebonne Parish, about eight miles away from Houma, Louisiana. It was built in 1850 for John C. Beatty, a sugar planter who owned slaves. [2] [3] The plantation spanned 2,470 acres of land when it was sold at auction shortly after Beatty's death in 1857. [3]
70360, 70363-64. Area code. 985. FIPS code. 22-36255. Website. www.tpcg.org. Houma (/ ˈhoʊmə / HOH-mə) [2] is the largest city in and the parish seat of [3] Terrebonne Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is also the largest principal city of the Houma– Bayou Cane – Thibodaux metropolitan statistical area.
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.