San Francisco Plantation House
Historic house in Louisiana. Built 1849. Added to the National Register in 1974, and a National Historic Landmark.
What it is
San Francisco Plantation House is a historic plantation house in Reserve, St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. Built in 1853–1856, it is one of the most architecturally distinctive plantation houses in the American South. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1974. It is on the property of the Garyville Refinery.
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The record
| Property type | Building |
| Address | 3 mi. W of Reserve on LA 44, Reserve vicinity, LA |
| Parish | St. John The Baptist Parish |
| Listed | May 30, 1974 |
| Listed for | Architecture |
| Level of significance | National |
| Reference number | 74002186 |
| Built | 1849 · more from the 1840s |
| Type of place | plantation |
| Designations | National Historic Landmark |
| Contributing resources | 1 building |
The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗
Visiting
| Address | 3 mi. W of Reserve on LA 44, Reserve, LA |
| Coordinates | 30.0494° N, 90.6056° W · Directions ↗ |
| Nearest national park unit | Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve · 32 miles · on Park Atlas |
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Questions people ask
When was San Francisco Plantation House listed on the National Register?
May 30, 1974. It is also a National Historic Landmark, the higher of the two designations.
Source: National Park Service
When was San Francisco Plantation House built?
1849.
Source: Wikidata
Where is San Francisco Plantation House?
3 mi. W of Reserve on LA 44, Reserve vicinity, St. John The Baptist Parish, Louisiana. The nearest national park unit is Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve, 32 miles away.
Where is the nomination form for San Francisco Plantation House?
The National Archives holds the nomination form, the document that made the case for listing.
Source: National Archives
Is there cell service at San Francisco Plantation House?
FCC coverage maps show Verizon 5G, AT&T 5G, and T-Mobile 5G at the listed point. Coverage indoors and behind old masonry is another matter.
Source: FCC Broadband Map
Sources
Location, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Listing dates come from the National Register office's spreadsheet where it carries the listing. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 74002186. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The nomination form and photographs ↗ at NPGallery are the original nomination as filed with the National Park Service, and the form is often the best description of the place. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.