Evergreen Plantation-Greek Revival
by Kathleen K Parker
Title
Evergreen Plantation-Greek Revival
Artist
Kathleen K Parker
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Evergreen Plantation on River Road is in Edgard, LA and was built very near to the Mississippi River. The road and the levee are the only things between this plantation (and its numerous kin) from the Mississippi. It is still a producing sugar cane plantation. In addition, it has been used as a setting in many movies.
From Wikipedia: .Evergreen Plantation is a plantation located on Louisiana Highway 18 (in Edgard) near Wallace, Louisiana. The main house was constructed mostly in 1790, renovated to its current Greek Revival style in 1832, and the plantation's historical crop was sugar cane. It was an operating plantation up until about 1930, when the Depression brought about the abandonment of the house. However, it continued to produce sugar cane under the direction of the bank that owned it, and is still a working sugar cane plantation today. It was extensively restored during the 1940s, with 300,000 bricks from the demolished Uncle Sam Plantation used in the restoration.
The complex was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1992.
The plantation includes 37 contributing buildings, all but eight of them antebellum, making it one of the most complete plantation complexes in the state and the South. Of great significance are the 22 slave quarters, arranged in a double row along an all�e of oak trees.
Among the outbuildings are a garconni�re, where young bachelors of the family or guests could stay; a pigeonnier for keeping pigeons (a sign of status among the planters); an overseer's cottage; and late 19th century barns.
Because of its quality and significance, the plantation is also included among the first 26 featured sites on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail. The house is open for tours every day except Sundays; tour times are at 9:30 am, 11:30 am, and 2:00 pm.
Parts of Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained (2012) were filmed at this plantation. Also, the AMC series Into the Badlands was in part filmed here in the house itself and on the plantation grounds.
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October 30th, 2015
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Comments (3)
Kathleen K Parker
Thanks, Crescent City Serenade and Southern Photographers for the group features! :) kk
Steve Harrington
A great shot that brings back wonderful memories for me, kk! The live oak lined lane is burned in my memory. :)