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Myrtle Grove Plantation

Coordinates: 31°48′47″N 91°22′07″W / 31.81306°N 91.36861°W / 31.81306; -91.36861
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Myrtle Grove Plantation
Myrtle Grove Plantation is located in Louisiana
Myrtle Grove Plantation
LocationTensas Parish, Louisiana
Coordinates31°48′47″N 91°22′07″W / 31.81306°N 91.36861°W / 31.81306; -91.36861
Builtc. 1840
Architectural styleGreek Revival
NRHP reference No.79001094
Added to NRHPMay 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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ Mac Ward (March 5, 1979). "Myrtle Grove Plantation". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. Retrieved December 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "Myrtle Grove / Old Bass Place" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. with photo and map