Magnolia Plantation (Schriever, Louisiana)

Magnolia
Nearest city Schriever, Louisiana
Coordinates 29°42′53″N 90°49′8″W / 29.71472°N 90.81889°W / 29.71472; -90.81889Coordinates: 29°42′53″N 90°49′8″W / 29.71472°N 90.81889°W / 29.71472; -90.81889
Area 66 acres (27 ha)
Built 1855 (1855)
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 83000548[1]
Added to NRHP August 4, 1983

Magnolia Plantation, built in 1858, is a private residence located on Louisiana Highway 311, west of New Orleans and 3 miles (5 km) south of Schriever, Louisiana. The plantation was built to cultivate cotton, which was a critical part of Terrebonne Parish's antebellum economy. The plantation house is one of six surviving Greek Revival plantation houses in the parish.[2] A portion of the film 12 Years a Slave was filmed at the plantation.[3]

The plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]

Further reading

  • Menn, Joseph K. The Large Slaveholders of Louisiana – 1860. Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, 1964.
  • Stahls, Paul F., Jr. Plantation Homes of the Lafourche Country. Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, 1976.

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ "Magnolia Plantation House" (PDF). Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  3. ↑ Scott, Mike. "Following in the real footsteps of "12 Years a Slave" figure Solomon Northrup: Mike's Movie Mailbag". journalist. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
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