Canebrake
National Register of Historic Places

Canebrake

Ferriday, Concordia County, Louisiana
Listed
August 28, 1982
Type
Building
Period
Pre Contact
Ref No.
82002767

About this property

Canebrake is a historic plantation house in Ferriday, Louisiana. The house was located inside a 531 acres (215 ha) cotton plantation as part of forced-labor operation. The site is west of Mississippi River and east of Lake St.

Location

Ferriday, Concordia County, Louisiana
31.69895, -91.41122

Federal Designation

The National Register of Historic Places, administered by the National Park Service, is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical, architectural, archaeological, engineering, or cultural significance. Listing on the National Register recognizes a property's importance to American history but does not place restrictions on private owners; it does, however, make properties eligible for federal historic preservation tax incentives and enables consideration in federal planning decisions. This property is recorded in the National Register under reference number 82002767. It was listed on August 28, 1982.

Categories

AGRICULTURE
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Nearby Historic Sites

Killarney
Early Republic
2.4 mi
Lisburn Plantation House
Early Republic
4.8 mi
Waterproof High School
Industrial
7.9 mi
Moro Plantation House
Early Republic
8.1 mi
Myrtle Grove Plantation
Early Republic
8.3 mi

Nearby Battles

Tensas Parish Plantation Raids (1863)
1863Civil War
2.9 mi
Action at Vidalia / Natchez Crossing (1864)
1864Civil War
9.2 mi

Questions about this property

When was Canebrake listed on the National Register?

Canebrake was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1982.

What type of historic resource is Canebrake?

Canebrake is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Canebrake?

The period of significance for Canebrake is recorded as the pre_contact era.

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