St. Maurice Plantation Explained

St. Maurice Plantation
Location:Off LA 477, St. Maurice, Louisiana
Coordinates:31.7561°N -92.965°W
Architecture:Greek Revival
Added:April 3, 1979
Delisted:January 31, 2019
Refnum:79001104

St. Maurice Plantation was a historic mansion on a plantation off the banks of the Red River of the South in Winn Parish, Louisiana, USA.[1]

History

The house was built for the Prothro family,[2] and it was completed in 1845.[3] It was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style.[3] By 1850, members of the Prothro family and their African slaves died of the yellow fever.[2] A decade later, during the American Civil War of 1861–1865, the plantation was taken over by the Union Army.[2]

It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since April 3, 1979.[3] It was destroyed by fire on June 5, 1981.[4] It was removed from the National Register in January 2019.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Saint Maurice plantation home in Winn Parish Louisiana in the 1970s. Louisiana Digital Library. June 28, 2016.
  2. Book: Stuart. Bonnye. Louisiana Curiosities: Quirky Characters, Roadside Oddities & Other Offbeat Stuff. 2012. Rowman & Littlefield. Lanham, Maryland. 9780762769773. 783147155. 91–92.
  3. Web site: St. Maurice Plantation. National Park Service. June 28, 2016.
  4. Web site: Saint Maurice plantation home in Winn Parish Louisiana in the 1970s.