Live Oak plantation, Louisiana

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Live Oak
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Live Oak Plantation House in the 1970s
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Location in Louisiana
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Location in the United States
Nearest city Weyanoke, Louisiana
Coordinates 30°56′01″N91°27′18″W / 30.9335°N 91.4551°W / 30.9335; -91.4551
Area115 acres (47 ha)
Built1800 (1800)
Built byPeter Murray
Architectural style Greek Revival
Restored1975
Restored byKoch and Wilson Architects
NRHP reference No. 77000680 [1]
Added to NRHPMarch 11, 1977

Live Oak is a former plantation in Weyanoke, West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, United States. The Live Oak Plantation House is one the first houses in the Felecianas, built in 1808 with Spanish influenced architecture [2] , the house predates the Louisiana Purchase. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places under the name "Live Oak," as of March 11, 1977. [3]

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Background

In a Spanish land concession, Alexander Ross of Natchez acquired 1,000 acres of land in 1796 [4] and in 1802, 115 acres was sold to Elijah Adams, becoming Live Oak plantation. Elijah Adams was a Captain in the Confederate States Army, in the 2nd Division, 10th and 20th Consolidated Regiments of and Concordia and the Feliciana Parishes. Adams hired Cyrus Ratliff [5] to build the now historic Anglo-American plantation house at the center of the over 100 acres 1806. Adams fought in the battle of New Orleans and later died on January 20, 1816 at 46 years old. [3]

On January 13, 1817 the plantation was sold to Amos Web, the husband of one of Adams' daughters, Charlotte. [3] Seven years later the property was acquired by Bennett Barrow [5] who moved to Louisiana from North Carolina early in the 1800s. Barrow owned numerous plantations across the Feleciana Parishes. His family owned the Live Oak Plantation for over 100 years, as it was sold in 1928 to William J. Lesassier. [3]

Bert S. Turner, for whom the Louisiana State University department of construction management is named, purchased the Live Oak plantation house in the late 1970s and began restoration of the centrally located Anglo-American plantation house. Turner hired New Orleans Architects Koch and Wilson to oversee the project. [3] [6]

Throughout the plantations over 200 year history it has been used as a rent house, post office, school house, and apothacary store. [5] The Live Oak plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 11, 1977. [7] The 155 acres (63 ha) historical area includes Little Bayou Sara and the abandoned old Tunica Road. The Live Oak plantation house is one of the earliest houses in Feliciana Parish and reflects the Anglo-American influence of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. [7] The Live Oak plantation is currently owned by architect, Victor F. Trahan. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ↑ Ann, Sternberg, Mary (1993). The Pelican Guide to Louisiana. Pelican Publishing. ISBN   978-1-4556-1023-5.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "National Register of Historic Places Database". www.crt.state.la.us. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
  4. ↑ Pintado Papers, Mss. 890, 1223, Louisiana and Lower Mississippi Valley Collections, LSU Libraries, Baton Rouge, La., retrieved 3 September 2023
  5. 1 2 3 Butler, Anne (April 2, 2009). The Pelican Guide to Plantation Homes of Louisiana. Pelican Publishing. ISBN   978-1-58980-709-9.
  6. ↑ "About Us". www.lsu.edu. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
  7. 1 2 "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Live Oak". Louisiana Department of Historic Preservation National Register. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Archived from the original on September 4, 2023. Retrieved June 7, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ↑ "TRAHAN LIVE OAK PLANTATION LLC :: Louisiana (US) :: OpenCorporates". opencorporates.com. Archived from the original on September 4, 2023. Retrieved May 17, 2022.

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