Magnolia Plantation
Historic house in Louisiana, United States in Derry, Louisiana. Added to the National Register in 1979, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
Magnolia Plantation is a former cotton plantation in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2001, significant as one of the most intact 19th-century plantation complexes in the nation, as it is complete with a suite of slave cabins and numerous outbuildings and period technology. Included in the Cane River Creole National Historical Park, Magnolia Plantation is also a destination on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail. It is one of two plantations in the park; the other is Oakland Plantation.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 5487 LA HWY 119, Derry vicinity, LA |
| County | Natchitoches County |
| Listed | Mar 7, 1979 |
| Reference number | 79001071 |
| Type of place | plantation |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 13 buildings, 3 structures |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 5487 LA HWY 119, Derry, LA |
| Coordinates | 31.55251, -92.94275 · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Cane River Creole National Historical Park · 8 mi · on Park Atlas |
| Federal campgrounds nearby | Corral Ohv Camp 2 mi · Cane 11 mi · Kisatchie Bayou Recreation Area 12 mi |
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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 79001071. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.