St. Maurice Plantation

St. Maurice Plantation
Formerly listed on the  U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Off LA 477, St. Maurice, Louisiana
Coordinates	31°45′22″N92°57′54″W / 31.75611°N 92.96500°W / 31.75611; -92.96500
Area	1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1845 (1845)
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	79001104 [1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	April 3, 1979
Removed from NRHP	January 31, 2019

St. Maurice Plantation was a historic mansion on a plantation off the banks of the Red River of the South in Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA. ^[2]

History

The house was built for the Prothro family, ^[3] and it was completed in 1845. ^[4] It was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style. ^[4] By 1850, members of the Prothro family and their African slaves died of the yellow fever. ^[3] A decade later, during the American Civil War of 1861–1865, the plantation was taken over by the Union Army. ^[3]

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 3, 1979. ^[4] It was destroyed by fire on June 5, 1981. ^[5] It was removed from the National Register in January 2019.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Saint Maurice plantation home in Winn Parish Louisiana in the 1970s". Louisiana Digital Library. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
3. Stuart, Bonnye (2012). Louisiana Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff. Lanham, Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 91–92. ISBN   9780762769773. OCLC   783147155.
4. "St. Maurice Plantation". National Park Service. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
5. "Saint Maurice plantation home in Winn Parish Louisiana in the 1970s".