Calumet Plantation House

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Calumet Plantation House
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Nearest city Patterson, Louisiana
Coordinates 29°42′42″N91°20′40″W / 29.71167°N 91.34444°W / 29.71167; -91.34444
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Builtc.1830, c.1850-70, c.1950
NRHP reference No. 84002859 [1]
Added to NRHPOctober 18, 1984

The Calumet Plantation House, in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana near Patterson, Louisiana, was built around 1830, modified c.1850-70, and further modified around 1950. [2] The house was originally part of a forced-labor sugar plantation and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1984. [1]

The house was deemed architecturally significant "as an example of a very successful conversion and major enlargement of an early nineteenth century 'cottage' sized house into a mid-nineteenth century large 'plantation house.'" [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. 1 2 Robert E. Smith (May 28, 1984). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Calumet Plantation House". National Park Service . Retrieved March 23, 2019. With accompanying photo from c.1896 and seven photos from 1984