Whitney Plantation Historic District

Infobox_nrhp | name =Whitney Plantation Historic District
nrhp_type = hd


caption =
nearest_city= Wallace, Louisiana
lat_degrees = 30
lat_minutes = 2
lat_seconds = 21
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 90
long_minutes = 39
long_seconds = 2
long_direction = W
locmapin = Louisiana
area =
built =1803
architect= Unknown
architecture= Other, Federal
added = November 24, 1992
governing_body = Private
mpsub=Louisiana's French Creole Architecture MPS
refnum=92001566cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Whitney Plantation is preserved in Whitney Plantation Historic District near Wallace, Louisiana in St. John the Baptist Parish.

The French Creole raised-style main house built in 1803 is the most important in the state. In addition, the plantation has numerous extant outbuildings: a "pigeonnier", a plantation store, the only surviving French Creole barn in Louisiana, and slave quarters. [ [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/louisiana/whi.htm "Whitney Plantation Historic District"] , "Southeastern Louisiana", Travel Itinerary, National Park Service, accessed 15 Jul 2008] The complex includes three archaeological sites which have had varying degrees of exploration. [ [http://www.crt.state.la.us/hp/nhl/parish48/scans/48011001.pdf Nomination, "Whitney Plantation Historic District"] , Louisiana Office of Historic Preservation, accessed 15 Jul 2008]

The 1884 Mialaret House, associated buildings and property were added by later purchase, and helps express the long working history of the plantation. [ [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/louisiana/whi.htm "Whitney Plantation Historic District"] , "Southeastern Louisiana", Travel Itinerary, National Park Service, accessed 15 Jul 2008]

As the properties are held privately, they are not open for viewing. Some of the land is still planted in sugar cane.

The historic district was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1992. Whitney Plantation is also one of 26 sites featured on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail.

References

External links

* [http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/travel/louisiana/whi.htm "Whitney Plantation Historic District"] , "Southeastern Louisiana", Travel Itinerary, National Park Service
* [http://travel.nytimes.com/2008/05/25/travel/25trail.html Ron Stodghill, "Driving Back Into Louisiana’s History"] , "New York Times", 25 May 2008
* [http://www.louisianatravel.com/explore/cultural_history/african_american_heritage_trail/ Louisiana's African American Heritage Trail]