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Ashland Plantation
Ashland | |
.jpg) Front of Ashland. | |
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| Location | On Ashland Road, about 400 yards (370 m) northeast of intersection with Louisiana Highway 75 |
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| Nearest city | Geismar, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30°10′34″N 90°59′54″W / 30.17618°N 90.99837°W |
| Area | 34 acres (14 ha) |
| Built | 1841 |
| Architect | James Gallier, Sr. |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 79001050[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 4, 1979 |
Ashland Plantation, also known as the Belle Helene or Ashland-Belle Helene Plantation, is a historic building, built in 1841, that was a plantation estate and home of Duncan Farrar Kenner. Located in Darrow, Louisiana, in Ascension Parish.[2] The manor house is an example of antebellum Greek Revival architecture.[3]
The plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.[1]
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism. "Ashland Historical Marker".
- ^ Douglas Hayward. "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Ashland". National Park Service. Retrieved March 17, 2017. With five photos from 1979.
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