29°35′2.62″N 89°49′36.83″W / 29.5840611°N 89.8268972°W
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| Location | 21997 LA 23, West Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 29°35′2.62″N 89°49′36.83″W / 29.5840611°N 89.8268972°W |
| Built | 1855 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 98000702 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | June 18, 1998 |
Woodland Plantation, in West Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana, is a historic building and a former plantation house. It is located at 21997 Louisiana Highway 23 in West Pointe à la Hache, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. This sugar plantation was once worked by enslaved people. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 18, 1998.
The St. Patrick's Catholic Church was moved to the grounds of the Plantation in 1998 in order to preserve it. The church is also listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Woodland Plantation is depicted in A Home on the Mississippi, an 1871 lithograph;[3] which later was licensed for use on the label of Southern Comfort after Prohibition ended. Privately owned, the location has most recently operated as a bed and breakfast.[4]
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In popular culture
Since the 1930s, the image on the label of Southern Comfort has been a rendering by Alfred Waud of Currier & Ives' A Home on the Mississippi, depicting Woodland Plantation. In 2010, Southern Comfort was rebranded and the company dropped the plantation image from the label.[5]
Celebrity guests have included Jason Statham, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, and Snoop Dogg.
See also
- List of plantations in Louisiana
- National Register of Historic Places listings in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
- ^ Commissioned by the U.S. government as part of a documentary program on the Mississippi River, by Alfred Waud depicting Woodland Plantation (Dolan, Michael (2004). The American Porch, p.152. The Lyons Press. ISBN 1-59228-271-7.
- ^ "Woodland Plantation, State Route 23, West Pointe A La Hache, Plaquemines Parish, LA". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
- ^ "Venice, Louisiana". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 23, 2022.
The home, which sits on the west bank of the Mississippi, is now a bed-and-breakfast that serves anglers returning to the mouth of the Mississippi to get in some sports fishing.
- ^ "Before & After: Southern Comfort Rebranding", The Dieline, May 19, 2010
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