St. Emma Plantation

St. Emma
Location Along Louisiana Highway 1, about 300 yards (270 m) south of intersection with Louisiana Highway 943
Nearest city Donaldsonville, Louisiana
Coordinates 30°05′03″N 91°01′50″W / 30.08419°N 91.03067°W / 30.08419; -91.03067Coordinates: 30°05′03″N 91°01′50″W / 30.08419°N 91.03067°W / 30.08419; -91.03067
Area 5 acres (2.0 ha)
Built c. 1850
Architectural style Greek Revival
NRHP reference # 80001695[1]
Added to NRHP June 30, 1980

St. Emma Plantation is a 13,000-acre (5,300 ha) former sugar plantation and house in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States.[2][3]

The plantation was the scene of a Civil War skirmish in the fall of 1862.[4] The Greek Revival plantation house was owned by Charles A. Kock, a prominent sugar planter, between 1854 and 1869.[5][3]

The house was listed on National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 National Park Service (2013-11-02). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Martinez, Raymond J.; Jack D.L. Holmes (1969). New Orleans: Facts & Legends. Pelican Publishing. p. 136.
  3. 1 2 Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Flaherty (November 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: St. Emma". National Park Service. Retrieved March 19, 2018. With two photos from 1979.
  4. ↑ Daspit, Fred (2006). Louisiana architecture, 1840-1860. University of Louisiana at Lafayette. p. 263. ISBN 9781887366748.
  5. ↑ http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4BKE_St_Emma_Plantation Louisiana State Historical Marker, located in front of plantation.

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