Mary Plantation House

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Mary Plantation House
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Nearest city Braithwaite, Louisiana
Coordinates 29°48′15″N89°59′59″W / 29.80417°N 89.99972°W / 29.80417; -89.99972
Area1.5 acres (0.61 ha)
Built1795, enlarged 1820
Architectural style French Colonial
NRHP reference No. 83000533 [1]
Added to NRHPJuly 13, 1983

Mary Plantation House is located on the Mary Plantation, downriver from Braithwaite, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. It was begun in 1795 and expanded to its current form in 1820.

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History

Situated on the east bank of the Mississippi River, the building is the oldest house in Plaquemines Parish. Although the early history of the location is uncertain, according to one architectural historian a house was built on the site in about 1795. It was significantly enlarged in the 1820s, and it went through a number of owners.

Eric Knobloch, a Tulane University botanist, and his wife bought the property in 1946, restored it, and opened it for tours. The plantation house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 13, 1983. After the Knobloch couple's deaths, their heirs sold the house in 2003.

The Mary Plantation House was put up for auction in 2012 [2] [3] and sold for $770,000 (~$911,449 in 2021). [4]

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References

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Paul Purpura, "Historic Mary Plantation House in Plaquemines Parish will be sold at auction", The Times-Picayune , March 4, 2012.
  3. "Historic Louisiana plantation to be auctioned", Fox News, March 2, 2012.
  4. "Mary Plantation in Plaquemines sold to New Orleans hotelier for $770,000", The Times-Picayune, 10 March 2012.