Frogmore Plantation

Gillespie
Location 11656 US 84, about 7 miles (11 km) west of Ferriday
Nearest city Ferriday, Louisiana
Coordinates 31°36′24″N 91°40′07″W / 31.60669°N 91.66848°W / 31.60669; -91.66848Coordinates: 31°36′24″N 91°40′07″W / 31.60669°N 91.66848°W / 31.60669; -91.66848
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.

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References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Gillespie" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved April 30, 2018. with three photos and two maps
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Frogmore Plantation.
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