Myrtle Grove Plantation
National Register of Historic Places

Myrtle Grove Plantation

Waterproof, Tensas County, Louisiana
Listed
May 9, 1979
Type
Building
Period
Early Republic
Ref No.
79001094

About this property

Myrtle Grove Plantation, also known as the Old Bass Place, is a plantation in Waterproof, Louisiana. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979. The antebellum plantation house is located in open, flat farmland about 200 feet behind the rear of the Mississippi River levee; no historic outbuildings survive. It is one and a half stories tall with a "relatively monumental" one-story front gallery having six columns, and it has a rear gallery as well. Greek Revival influence is seen in the gallery columns with their molded capitals, and in the full entablature of the gallery plus a strong entablature of the front doorway with four pilasters.

Location

Waterproof, Tensas County, Louisiana
31.81316, -91.36881

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
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Sources

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

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When was Myrtle Grove Plantation listed on the National Register?

Myrtle Grove Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 1979.

What type of historic resource is Myrtle Grove Plantation?

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

What is the period of significance for Myrtle Grove Plantation?

The period of significance for Myrtle Grove Plantation is recorded as the early_republic era.

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