Alice C Plantation House Explained

Alice C Plantation House
Added:	October 24, 2000
Refnum:	00001229
Architecture:	Greek Revival, French Creole
Area:	approx. 4.5 acres
Built:	c. 1850
Location:	10736 Hwy 182, Franklin, Louisiana, U.S.

The Alice C Plantation House, also known simply as the Alice Plantation House, is a historic former plantation house, located in Garden City near Franklin in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.^{[1] [2]}

History

The Alice C Plantation House was designed mainly in the Greek Revival architecture style, with French Creole influences, and built using brick, weatherboard made of cypress, and an asphalt tile roof.^[3] The house is two and half stories tall and was made with "briquette entre poteaux" (a French Creole architecture term for brick infill between the framing).^[4]

The home was initially built for Jotham Hulbert Bedell (1807–1859), who ran a sugar plantation and a sugar mill on the property.^[5] The sugar mill was removed in the 1950s.^[6] The subsequent owners of the home were Alice and John Calder.

The home was featured in the film Easy Rider (1969).^[7]

See also

• List of plantations in Louisiana
• National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alice C Planation House. live. 2022-01-20. NPGallery Asset Detail. National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. https://web.archive.org/web/20211210064912/https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/00001229 . 2021-12-10 .
2. Web site: Kingsley. Karen. Alice Plantation. 2022-01-20. 64 Parishes. en. October 14, 2014.
3. Web site: October 24, 2000. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Alice C Planation House, #00001229. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
4. Web site: October 24, 2000. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Alice C Planation House, #00001229. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
5. Web site: October 24, 2000. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Alice C Planation House, #00001229. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
6. Web site: October 24, 2000. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form, Alice C Planation House, #00001229. United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service.
7. Web site: Dodge. Victoria. Own a piece of history, the Bayou Teche and Hollywood fame. 2022-01-26. The Daily Advertiser. en-US.