The Lane Plantation is a historic plantation located about 3.2 miles (5.1 km) northeast of Ethel, Louisiana East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA.[2]
Lane Plantation | |
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| Location | 7635 Lane Road, about 3.2 miles (5.1 km) northeast of Ethel |
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| Nearest city | Ethel, Louisiana |
| Coordinates | 30°48′32″N 91°04′54″W / 30.80895°N 91.08176°W |
| Area | 335 acres (136 ha) |
| Built | c.1818 |
| Architectural style | Federal, Carolina I |
| NRHP reference No. | 93000322[1] |
| Added to NRHP | April 22, 1993 |
The plantation, originally named Weston Place, (built c 1818 by Malachi Weston who had moved from South Carolina) was bought in 1849 by William Allen Lane from William Silliman who had purchased it in the last of a series of Sheriff’s sales after the heirs of Malachi Weston moved away around 1839. Prior to purchasing Weston Place, the Lane family (starting in 1835) resided in a home called Redwood exactly one mile west where Lane and his brother in law Thomas Lathrop Andrews operated a cotton plantation of approximately 600 acres. The property has remained then in the Lane family ever since.[3][4]
A 335 acres (136 ha) area is owned by descendants of the Lane family, the Plauché family. (The surrounding land also remains owned by other Lane family heirs) 10 acres (4.0 ha) of the property consists of the Lane Plantation House, also known as Weston Place, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 22, 1993.[1] It also contains a barn, tennis court, pond, outdoor garden, as well as three other houses.
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editReferences
edit- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Duncan, Patricia L. (Summer 1994). "Lane Plantation House". Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association. 35 (3): 320. JSTOR 4233125.
- ^ "Lane Plantation House" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 22, 2018. with four photos and two maps
- ^ National Register Staff (January 1993). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lane Plantation House". National Park Service. Retrieved May 22, 2018. With six photos from 1992.
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