National Historic Landmark · plantation · Reserve, Louisiana

San Francisco Plantation House

Historic house in Louisiana, United States in Reserve, Louisiana. Built 1849. Added to the National Register in 1974, and a National Historic Landmark.

San Francisco Plantation House
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What it is

Wikipedia · San Francisco Plantation House

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

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeBuilding
Address3 mi. W of Reserve on LA 44, Reserve vicinity, LA
CountySt. John The Baptist County
ListedMay 30, 1974
Reference number74002186
Built1849
Type of placeplantation
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 buildings

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Access not on record
Address3 mi. W of Reserve on LA 44, Reserve, LA
Coordinates30.04936, -90.60565 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitJean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve · 32 mi · on Park Atlas
Listing on the Register does not open the door. Unless a museum or park runs it, treat this as private property and see it from the sidewalk.

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Reference

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Sources

Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. 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 description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.