Frogmore Plantation
Gillespie | |
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Location | 11656 US 84, about 7 miles (11 km) west of Ferriday |
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Nearest city | Ferriday, Louisiana |
Coordinates | 31°36′24″N 91°40′07″W / 31.60669°N 91.66848°WCoordinates: 31°36′24″N 91°40′07″W / 31.60669°N 91.66848°W |
Area | 0.7 acres (0.28 ha) |
Built | 1843 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference # | 80001712[1] |
Added to NRHP | May 31, 1980 |
Frogmore is an historic, privately owned cotton plantation near Ferriday in Concordia Parish, Louisiana. A working farm, it is also a tourist attraction, and may be visited to see old and new cotton farming methods. Buildings on the site include a cotton gin.
The historic mansion of the plantation is named Gillespie and its property includes a slave row of cabins and numerous outbuildings, or dependencies. It was built in 1843 in Greek Revival style[2][3] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 31, 1980.[1] The mansion may also be visited.[4]
The plantation includes another two properties individually listed in the National Register of Historic Places. A archeological site shortly southwest of the house, named Frogmore Mound was added on July 2004, and a cotton gin, moved to the property from another location in order to have a working plantation and named Piazza Cotton Gin was added on January 1999.
See also
- Frogmore Mound Site, also located in Frogmore Plantation
- Piazza Cotton Gin, also located in Frogmore Plantation
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Concordia Parish, Louisiana
References
- 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- ↑ "Gillespie" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved April 30, 2018. with three photos and two maps
- ↑ Mr. and Mrs. George Tanner (December 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Frogmore Plantation House". National Park Service. Retrieved April 30, 2018. With two photos from 1979.
- ↑ Frogmore Plantation.