Myrtle Grove Plantation Explained

Myrtle Grove Plantation
Coordinates:31.8131°N -91.3686°W
Location:Tensas Parish, Louisiana
Built:c. 1840
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:May 10, 1979
Refnum:79001094

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.[1]

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.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mac Ward. Myrtle Grove Plantation. National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 5 March 1979. 18 December 2023.
  2. Web site: Myrtle Grove / Old Bass Place . State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation . with photo and map