Arlington Plantation (Lake Providence, Louisiana) Explained

Arlington Plantation
Coordinates:	32.815°N -91.1764°W
Built:	1830
Added:	October 3, 1980
Area:	6acres
Mpsub:	Lake Providence MRA
Refnum:	80004476

The Arlington Plantation is a historic plantation located near Lake Providence, Louisiana. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 3, 1980.

The plantation house has a six-bay two-story Doric gallery, and it overlooks a broad sloping lawn towards Lake Providence. The property includes the house, a twentieth century frame cottage, a gazebo over a cistern, a garage, and a buggy shed.^{[1] [2]} It is significant as one of only about four two-story galleried Greek Revival mansions in northeastern Louisiana, and for its association with Edward Sparrow, "an immensely wealthy cotton planter and Confederate politician".^{[1] [2]}

The mansion was listed on the National Register of Historic Places along with several other Lake Providence properties and districts that were studied together in the Lake Providence MRA on October 3, 1980.^[3]

See also

• List of plantations in Louisiana
• National Register of Historic Places listings in East Carroll Parish, Louisiana
• Lake Providence Commercial Historic District
• Lake Providence Residential Historic District

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lake Providence Multiple Resource Area . State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation . 1980 . June 3, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180201020056/https://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/attachments/Parish18/Scans/18005001.pdf . February 1, 2018 . dead . with four photos and two maps
2. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=80004476}} National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Arlington Plantation]. National Park Service. May 16, 2018. With .
3. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=64000265}} National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation: Historic Resources of Lake Providence ]. . East Carroll Parish Historical Society in cooperation with Louisiana Division of Archaeology and Historic Preservation . April 1980 . June 3, 2017 .