Evergreen Plantation

Infobox_nrhp | name =Evergreen Plantation
nrhp_type =nhl


caption =
nearest_city= LA 18, Wallace, Louisiana
locmapin = Louisiana
area =
built =1832
architect= John Carver
architecture= Other, Greek Revival, Federal
designated= April 27, 1992cite web|url=http://tps.cr.nps.gov/nhl/detail.cfm?ResourceId=2109&ResourceType=Building
title=Evergreen Plantation |accessdate=2008-01-28|work=National Historic Landmark summary listing|publisher=National Park Service]
added = September 25, 1991cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2007-01-23|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]
governing_body = Private
refnum=91001386

Evergreen Plantation is a plantation located on Louisiana Highway 18 near Wallace, Louisiana. The main house was constructed mostly in 1832 and the plantation's historical crop was sugar cane. It was an operating plantation up until about 1930.

The complex was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1992.citation|title=PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Text/91001386.pdf National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Evergreen Plantation] |530 KB|date=May, 1991 |author=Donna Fricker |publisher=National Park Service and PDFlink| [http://pdfhost.focus.nps.gov/docs/NHLS/Photos/91001386.pdf "Accompanying 14 photos, exterior and interior, from 1991."] |1.46 MB]

The plantation includes 37 contributing buildings, all but eight of them antebellum, making it one of the most complete plantation complexes in the state and the South. Of great significance are the 22 slave quarters, arranged in a double row along an allée of oak trees.

Among the outbuildings are a "garconnière", where young bachelors of the family or guests could stay; a "pigeonnier" for keeping pigeons (a sign of status among the planters); an overseer's cottage; and late 19th century barns.

Because of its quality and significance, the plantation is also included among the first 26 featured sites on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.

References

External links

* [http://www.louisianatravel.com/explore/cultural_history/african_american_heritage_trail/ Louisiana's African American Heritage Trail]
* [http://www.evergreenplantation.org/ Evergreen Plantation Website]

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