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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. The house and several original outbuildings on the grounds of Magnolia Mound Plantation are examples of the vernacular architectural ...
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.
January 3, 2001 [2] Shown here hidden by trees is Magnolia Plantation House, located adjacent to the Cane River Creole National Historical Park in south Natchitoches Parish. Magnolia Plantation is a former cotton plantation in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2001, significant as one of the ...
There are 92 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the parish, including 3 National Historic Landmarks. Another three properties were once listed but have been removed. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted September 13, 2024.[2] Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap.
The LSU Campus Mounds or LSU Indian Mounds are two Native American mounds of the Archaic Period, on the campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Construction on the 20-foot-tall (6.1 m) mounds began more than 11,000 years ago, [2] and may have continued until 5,000 years ago. [3][4] They predate the Great Pyramids of Egypt.
The community is located on Louisiana State Highway 300, east of the Mississippi River and 8 miles (13 km) southeast of Chalmette. Saint Bernard is home to four sites on the National Register of Historic Places: the Dr. Louis A. Ducros House, the Kenilworth Plantation House, Magnolia Mound, and the Sebastopol Plantation House. [1]
Several plantation homes in the area, such as Magnolia Mound Plantation House, Myrtles Plantation, and Nottoway Plantation, showcase antebellum-era architecture. Louisiana State University has more than 250 buildings in Italian Renaissance style, one of the nation's largest college stadiums, and many live oaks.
website, local history, arts center. Southdown Plantation House. Houma. Terrebonne. Baton Rouge area. Local history. 19th-century sugar manor house and home to the Terrebonne Museum with exhibits of local history, period displays and Native American culture. Southern Forest Heritage Museum. Long Leaf.