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Tacony Plantation

Coordinates: 31°34′50″N 91°28′26″W / 31.58055°N 91.47395°W / 31.58055; -91.47395
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Tacony Plantation House
Tacony Plantation is located in Louisiana
Tacony Plantation
Tacony Plantation is located in the United States
Tacony Plantation
LocationAlong Taconey Plantation Road, about 450 yards (410 m) north of US 84, Vidalia, Louisiana
Coordinates31°34′50″N 91°28′26″W / 31.58055°N 91.47395°W / 31.58055; -91.47395
Area9 acres (3.6 ha)
Built1850 (1850)
Architectural styleRenaissance, Rococo Revival
NRHP reference No.79001059[1]
Added to NRHPApril 19, 1979

The Tacony Plantation is a former cotton plantation with a historic mansion in Vidalia, Louisiana, U.S.. It was built in 1850, a decade prior to the American Civil War of 1861–1865, for Alfred Vidal Davis, Sr. (1826-1899).[2][3] One of his former slaves, John R. Lynch, became a politician after the war.[4]

The plantation house, along with a 9 acres (3.6 ha) area, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 19, 1979.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ "Tacony" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 2, 2018. with two photos and two maps
  3. ^ Mary Eidt and Don Terry of Tacony Restoration Project (January 10, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Tacony Plantation House". National Park Service. Retrieved May 2, 2018. With four photos from 1979.
  4. ^ Meddleton, Stephen (2002). Black Congressmen During Reconstruction: A Documentary Sourcebook. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger. p. 145. ISBN 9780313322815. OCLC 49611120.