Whitney Plantation Historic District | |
 Front of the Big House | |
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| Nearest city | Wallace, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 30°2′21″N 90°39′2″W / 30.03917°N 90.65056°W |
| Area | 40 acres (16 ha) |
| Built | 1790 |
| Architectural style | Federal, French Creole |
| Website | whitneyplantation |
| MPS | Louisiana's French Creole Architecture MPS |
| NRHP reference No. | 92001566[1] |
| Added to NRHP | November 24, 1992[2][3] |
The Whitney Plantation Historic District is preserved by the Whitney Institute, a non-profit whose mission is to educate the public about the history and legacies of slavery in the Southern United States. The district, including the main house and outbuildings, is preserved near Wallace, in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana, on the River Road along the Mississippi River. What was originally known as Habitation Haydel was founded in 1752 by Ambroise Heidal, one of the many German immigrants who colonized the river parishes in the 18th century. His descendants owned it until 1860.[4]
In 1867, after the Civil War, it was sold to businessman Bradish Johnson. He renamed it Whitney Plantation.[5]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
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- ^ "Ownership of the Whitney". Whitney Plantation.