5487 LA HWY 119, Derry, Louisiana. County/parish: Natchitoches.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places March 07, 1979. NRIS 79001071.
13 contributing buildings. 3 contributing structures.
Magnolia Plantation is a former cotton plantation in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 2001, significant as one of the most intact 19th-century plantation complexes in the nation, as it is complete with a suite of slave cabins and numerous outbuildings and period technology. Included in the Cane River Creole National Historical Park, Magnolia Plantation is also a destination on the Louisiana African American Heritage Trail. It is one of two plantations in the park; the other is Oakland Plantation.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73974032