Poplar Grove Plantation (Louisiana)

Poplar Grove Plantation House
Poplar Grove Plantation (Louisiana) is located in Louisiana
Poplar Grove Plantation (Louisiana)
Location3142 North River Road, Port Allen, Louisiana, 70767
Coordinates30°29′36″N 91°12′10″W / 30.49333°N 91.20278°W / 30.49333; -91.20278
ArchitectThomas Sully
NRHP reference No.87002136[1]

The Poplar Grove Plantation, also once known as Popular Grove Plant and Refining Company,[2] is a historic building, site and cemetery, the plantation is from the 1820s and the manor house was built in 1884, located in Port Allen in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States.[3][4] The site served as a sugar plantation worked by enslaved African Americans, starting in the 1820s by James McCalop.[5][6] Starting in 1903, the site was owned by the Wilkinson family for many generations.

The house has been on the list of National Register of Historic Places, since December 14, 1987, for its architectural importance.[7]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Hawkins, Martin (September 19, 2016). Slim Harpo: Blues King Bee of Baton Rouge. LSU Press. pp. 5–6. ISBN 978-0-8071-6454-9.
  3. ^ Louisiana Department of Historic Preservation National Register (August 1987). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Poplar Grove Plantation House". National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 25, 2021. (with accompanying nine photos from 1987)
  4. ^ Fricker, Jonathan; Fricker, Donna; Duncan, Patricia L. (1998). Louisiana Architecture, A Handbook on Styles. University of Southwestern Louisiana. Center for Louisiana Studies. Center for Louisiana Studies, University of Southwestern Louisiana. ISBN 9781887366236.
  5. ^ "James McCalop". The Times-Picayune. September 6, 1844. p. 2. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  6. ^ "Poplar Grove Plantation, West Baton Rouge Parish, LA". West Baton Rouge Museum. Retrieved May 25, 2021.
  7. ^ "Poplar Grove Plantation House". NPGallery Asset Detail, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 25, 2021.