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Belle Grove, also known as Belle Grove Plantation, was a plantation and elaborate Greek Revival and Italianate-style plantation mansion near White Castle in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. Completed in 1857, it was one of the largest mansions ever built in the Southern United States , surpassing that of the neighboring Nottoway , today cited as ...
Nottoway Plantation, also known as Nottoway Plantation House is located near White Castle, Louisiana, United States.The plantation house is a Greek Revival- and Italianate-styled mansion built by enslaved African people and artisans for John Hampden Randolph in 1859, and is the largest extant antebellum plantation house in the South with 53,000 square feet (4,900 m 2) of floor space.
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.
This is a list of the 100+ largest extant and historic houses in the United States, ordered by area of the main house. The list includes houses that have been demolished, houses that are currently under construction, and buildings that are not currently, but were previously used as private homes. [1]
Waggonner Ranch in 2023. The Waggoner Ranch is a historic ranch located 13 miles south of Vernon, Texas, in north Texas near the Red River and Oklahoma border. Founded in 1852 by Daniel Waggoner, [2] it is the largest ranch within one fence in the United States.
Gaineswood is a plantation house in Demopolis, Alabama, United States.It is the grandest plantation house ever built in Marengo County and is one of the most significant remaining examples of Greek Revival architecture in Alabama.
Stagville Plantation is about 10 miles north of downtown, but descendants of the enslaved want to bring the history front and center. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 ...
In 1850, Ward enslaved 1,092 people; [2] Ward enslaved the most people in the United States before he died in 1853. In 1860, Ward's heirs (his estate) enslaved 1,130 or 1,131 people. [1] [2] The Brookgreen Plantation, where Ward was born and later lived, has been preserved.