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Blakeley (1820) in Jefferson County was built by George Washington's great-nephew, John Augustine Washington II. Shepherd Hall (1798) in Ohio County is one of the earliest plantations established in the Ohio River valley. Willow Wall (1811–1812) in Hardy County was used as a hospital by McNeill's Rangers for wounded irregulars.
Norman's chart of the lower Mississippi River is a historically significant map produced in 1858 of landmarks, roads, ferry crossings, and plantations along the course of the Mississippi River from Natchez to New Orleans. [1][2] Cotton and sugar plantations are color-coded with distinct colors. [1] The lithographic map is based on cartography ...
Burned in 1940. Hurricane Plantation. Davis Bend. 32°10′01″N 91°08′53″W / 32.16681°N 91.14816°W / 32.16681; -91.14816 (Hurricane) Warren. Built 1827 by Joseph Davis, older brother of Jefferson Davis. All primary structures except for the library pavilion (pictured) were burned in 1862 by Federal troops. 78001581 ...
The Seward Plantation is a historic Southern plantation-turned-ranch in Independence, Texas. Plantation complexes were common on agricultural plantations in the Southern United States from the 17th into the 20th century. The complex included everything from the main residence down to the pens for livestock. Until the abolition of slavery, such ...
The Whitney Plantation Historic District is preserved by the Whitney Institute, a non-profit whose mission is to educate the public about the history and legacies of slavery in the Southern United States. The district, including the main house and outbuildings, is preserved near Wallace, in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, on the River ...
The Gen. Albert Gallatin Jenkins House — known historically (along with its 4,395 acre estate) as "Green Bottom" — is located on the east bank of the Ohio River about 7 miles north of Lesage, Cabell County, West Virginia. The plantation house was built about 1835, and is a 2⁄2 -story, rectangular, brick dwelling in a late period Federal ...
In 1871 Robert was bankrupt, and he sold Ursino Plantation for $100,000 to Ben Montgomery - a former slave from Hurricane Plantation. [10] [6] Robert and his wife Virginia moved to Woodburn in the Church Hill area until their deaths in 1882. [4] Woodburn was the plantation of Robert's brother Walter Wood. [11]
84003476 [1] Added to NRHP. January 12, 1984. Lick Run Plantation is a historic home and related outbuildings located at Bedington, Berkeley County, West Virginia. The complex consists of a two-story stone dwelling, stone kitchen, and stone barn and corn crib. They were built after Peter Light purchased the property in 1770.