Madewood
United States historic place in Napoleonville, Louisiana. Added to the National Register in 1973, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Madewood Plantation House, also known as Madewood, is a former sugarcane plantation house on Bayou Lafourche, near Napoleonville, Louisiana. It is located approximately two miles east of Napoleonville on Louisiana Highway 308. A National Historic Landmark, the 1846 house is architecturally significant as the first major work of Henry Howard, and as one of the finest Greek Revival plantation houses in the American South.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | E of Napoleonville on LA 308, Napoleonville vicinity, LA |
| County | Assumption County |
| Listed | Oct 30, 1973 |
| Reference number | 73000860 |
| Architect | Henry Howard |
| Type of place | plantation |
| Style | Greek Revival architecture |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 3 buildings, 2 sites |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | E of Napoleonville on LA 308, Napoleonville, LA |
| Coordinates | 29.92696, -90.99446 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve · 52 mi · on Park Atlas |
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Nearby in Assumption County
Reference
Sources
Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 73000860. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.