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Magnolia Plantation Schriever La. The home was built by thomas ellis. Established in 1830 by ambrose lecomte ii and his wife, julia. Magnolia plantation ( gnis fid: Magnolia plantation, built in 1858, is a private residence located on louisiana highway 311, west of new orleans and three miles south of schriever, louisiana.
1855, is a private residence located on louisiana highway 311, west of new orleans and three miles south of schriever, louisiana. The main house is still privately owned and is not open to the public. Thomas and ann were the first in a direct line of magnolia family ownership that has lasted more than 300 years and continues to this day. Noteworthy are the oak alley, a nationally significant cotton press , the brick slave quarters later used for tenant housing, a slave hospital, a blacksmith shop, the plantation store , and the big house with private chapel. Built around 1858, this home was used as a hospital by union troops during the civil war. Magnolia plantation has 20 historic buildings remaining, including the plantation store, overseer�s house/hospital, blacksmith shop, eight slave/tenant cabins, and gin barn.
Captain shaffer’s descendants still occupy the home.
We found 22 more homes matching your filters just outside magnolia plantation. Magnolia plantation (schriever, louisiana) was built in 1858 and is only three miles south of schriever. Filmed at magnolia plantation, this movie is an adaptation of a nicholas sparks novel. Originally built for thomas ellis and remained in his hands until 1874, when he sold it to captain john jackson shaffer, c.s.a. The plantation was built to cultivate cotton, which was a critical part of terrebonne parish�s antebellum economy. Thomas drayton and his wife ann arrived from barbados to the new english colony of charles towne and established magnolia plantation along the ashley river in 1676.