Global InformationParlange Plantation House information
Parlange Plantation House | |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
U.S. National Historic Landmark | |
 Parlange Plantation House, 1936 HABS photo | |
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| Nearest city | Mix, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 30°37′49″N 91°29′15″W / 30.63036°N 91.48763°W |
| Built | c. 1750 (disputed) |
| Architectural style | French Colonial |
| NRHP reference No. | 70000258[1] |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | April 15, 1970 |
| Designated NHL | May 30, 1974[2] |
The Parlange Plantation House (French: Plantation Parlange) is a historic plantation house at Louisiana Highway 1 and Louisiana Highway 78 in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. The plantation is a classic example of a large French Colonial plantation house in the United States. Its construction date is disputed. Oral history indicates a date of c. 1750 for both establishment of the plantation and construction of the house. Scholarly works accept the establishment date only, having found strong evidence for a construction date from 1830-1840.[3] [4]
The home exemplifies the style of the semi-tropical Louisiana river country house, the Parlange Plantation home is a two-story raised cottage. The main floor is set on a brick basement with brick pillars to support the veranda of the second story. The raised basement is of brick, manufactured by enslaved people on the plantation. The walls, both inside and out, were plastered with a native mixture of mud, sand, Spanish moss and animal hair (bousillage), then painted. The ground story and second floors contain seven service rooms, arranged in a double line. The walls and ceiling throughout the house were constructed of close-fitting bald cypress planks.
There is an octagonal pigeonnier near the house. The home was once surrounded by a formal garden, but the garden was destroyed during the Civil War and never rebuilt.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ "Parlange Plantation House". National Historic Landmark summary listing. National Park Service. April 12, 2015. Archived from the original on March 8, 2011.
- ^ Kingsley, Karen (July 17, 2018). "Parlange". SAH ARCHIPEDIA. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
- ^ "Parlange Plantation, State Highway 93, New Roads, Pointe Coupee Parish, LA". Historic American Buildings Survey. 1939. Retrieved February 1, 2024.