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The Magnolia Mound Plantation House is a French Creole house constructed in 1791 near the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. [2] Many period documents refer to the plantation as Mount Magnolia .
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.
In 1781, he moved to Louisiana (New Spain), settling on the plantation of his uncle, Claude Trénonay, in the area of Pointe Coupée on the Mississippi River. [1] He married his uncle's stepdaughter, Marie Augustine Gerard; the couple had six children, four of whom survived to adulthood. Marie Augustine died of yellow fever in 1799.
Circa-1820 antebellum plantation home; built in the French Creole architectural style, it is one of the few remaining and best-preserved examples. 9: Magnolia Mound: May 22, 1978 : Address Restricted: St. Bernard: 10: Old Arabi Historic District: Old Arabi Historic District: July 9, 1998
Here, we could drive part of the Great River Road National Scenic Byway, a homage to the mighty Mississippi, studded with landmarks from the plantation era, notably Houmas House with its stately ...
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 ...
Saint Bernard (Spanish: San Bernardo [sam beɾˈnaɾðo]) is an unincorporated community in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, United States.The community is located on Louisiana State Highway 300, east of the Mississippi River and 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Chalmette.
Rideau was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, a paternal descendant of Frenchman Armand Allard Gabriel Duplantier who sailed to America in 1777 on Marquis de Lafayette's ship La Victoire and established a plantation in Point Coupee, and later the Magnolia Mound plantation in Baton Rouge.