Last updated: September 20, 2024
Place
Plantation Landscapes
Christy Hoover
Quick Facts
Location:
Natchez, LA
Amenities
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Historical/Interpretive Information/Exhibits
Plantations resembled small towns with numerous buildings surrounded by fields, pastures, and gardens. Planters added, re-purposed, or removed buildings as the needs of the plantations changed. The original outbuildings are where generations of people lived and worked.
This 1858 map shows many buildings on the plantation, although it possibly contained more structures. The Quarters cabins are shown as a stylized grid of twenty-four cabins. Notably absent is the steamboat landing that would likely have been on the riverbank near the baled cotton storage and the kiln for the brickworks.
Today, the pigeonnier, Blacksmith's Shop, Hospital, Cotton Gin, and eight cabins of the Quarters survive. The Store, built after the Civil War, replaced the Saw Mill, and the planter's "Dwelling," burned in 1864, was rebuilt in the 1890s.
This 1858 map shows many buildings on the plantation, although it possibly contained more structures. The Quarters cabins are shown as a stylized grid of twenty-four cabins. Notably absent is the steamboat landing that would likely have been on the riverbank near the baled cotton storage and the kiln for the brickworks.
Today, the pigeonnier, Blacksmith's Shop, Hospital, Cotton Gin, and eight cabins of the Quarters survive. The Store, built after the Civil War, replaced the Saw Mill, and the planter's "Dwelling," burned in 1864, was rebuilt in the 1890s.