National Register of Historic Places

Ferry Place

Sicily Island, Catahoula County, Louisiana
Listed
August 28, 1980
Type
District
Period
Listed
Ref No.
80001711

About this property

Ferry Place, or Ferry Place Plantation, located on Sicily Island in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. The plantation house is located on some of the highest ground of Sicily Island, overlooking Lake Lovelace (Lake Louise) The property included a contributing building and two contributing sites. One of the sites is the Ferry Place Plantation Archaeological Site, which has evidence of pre-historic occupation. Specifically, the Peck Mound site, located in the vicinity of the Ferry Place Plantation house, is a set of five earthen mounds which were first published about by James Lord in 1933. Also the Peck Village Site exists. John Lovelace (1740-1816) established the Lovelace family at the site. The present plantation house was built in the mid-1800s of heavy cypress timbers, upon brick piers. It is a central hall plan structure with a seven-bay front gallery. It has two front parlors each with doors onto the gallery, flanked by windows.

Location

Sicily Island, Catahoula County, Louisiana

Categories

HISTORIC - ABORIGINALCOMMERCEPOLITICS/GOVERNMENT
Sources

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

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When was Ferry Place listed on the National Register?

Ferry Place was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 28, 1980.

What type of historic resource is Ferry Place?

Ferry Place is classified as a district in the National Register of Historic Places.

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