Myrtle Grove Plantation
Appearance
Myrtle Grove Plantation | |
Location | Tensas Parish, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 31°48′47″N 91°22′07″W / 31.81306°N 91.36861°W |
Built | c. 1840 |
Architectural style | Greek Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 79001094 |
Added to NRHP | May 10, 1979 |
Myrtle Grove Plantation, also known as the Old Bass Place, is a plantation in Waterproof, Louisiana. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
The antebellum plantation house is located in open, flat farmland about 200 feet behind the rear of the Mississippi River levee; no historic outbuildings survive. It is one and a half stories tall with a "relatively monumental" one-story front gallery having six columns, and it has a rear gallery as well. Greek Revival influence is seen in the gallery columns with their molded capitals, and in the full entablature of the gallery plus a strong entablature of the front doorway with four pilasters.[2]
See also
[edit]- Alfred Fairfax – American politician (c. 1840–1916) who was enslaved on the plantation before escaping and joining the Union Army during thr American Civil War
References
[edit]- ^ Mac Ward (March 5, 1979). "Myrtle Grove Plantation". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
- ^ "Myrtle Grove / Old Bass Place" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. with photo and map
Categories:
- Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Louisiana
- Houses in Tensas Parish, Louisiana
- Greek Revival houses in Louisiana
- Plantations in Louisiana
- National Register of Historic Places in Tensas Parish, Louisiana
- Plantation houses in Louisiana
- Houses completed in 1840
- 1840 establishments in Louisiana
- Louisiana Registered Historic Place stubs