Moss Grove Plantation House
National Register of Historic Places

Moss Grove Plantation House

Jonesville, Catahoula County, Louisiana
Listed
September 5, 2006
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
06000779

About this property

The Moss Grove Plantation House is a historic plantation house on the west bank of the Black River in unincorporated Catahoula Parish, Louisiana near Jonesville, Louisiana. It was built around 1870 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. Samuel and Caroline Cotton Wilmoth established the cotton plantation in 1836. During the Civil War, the original house was attacked by American gunboats and the current house was built after the war. In the 1970s, a levee was built behind the house instead of in front at the owners' request to avoid needing to relocate the structure away from the river. The house is designed with the Greek Revival architecture style more common with earlier Antebellum houses. The front has columns on the facade while the inside has a central hall plan. If both the paneled folding doors are opened, it has a dogtrot layout. National Register of Historic Places listings in Catahoula Parish, Louisiana

Location

509 Black River Rd.
Jonesville, Catahoula County, Louisiana
31.54914, -91.80227

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Sources

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When was Moss Grove Plantation House listed on the National Register?

Moss Grove Plantation House was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 5, 2006.

What type of historic resource is Moss Grove Plantation House?

Moss Grove Plantation House is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Moss Grove Plantation House?

The period of significance for Moss Grove Plantation House is recorded as the civil_war era, specifically around 1870.

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