Magnolia Plantation (Schriever, Louisiana)

Magnolia Plantation, built in 1858, is a private residence located on Louisiana Highway 311, west of New Orleans and 3 miles (5 km) south of Schriever, Louisiana. The plantation was built to cultivate sugarcane, which was a critical part of Terrebonne Parish's antebellum economy. The plantation house is one of six surviving Greek Revival plantation houses in the parish.^[2] A portion of the film 12 Years a Slave was filmed at the plantation.^[3] On April 15, 2016, a paranormal investigation aired on the Travel Channel on the show Ghost Brothers featuring the Magnolia Plantation.

Magnolia
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Nearest city	Schriever, Louisiana
Coordinates	29°42′53″N 90°49′8″W
Area	66 acres (27 ha)
Built	1855
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	83000548[1]
Added to NRHP	August 4, 1983

The plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.^[1]

Further reading

• Menn, Joseph K. The Large Slaveholders of Louisiana – 1860. Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, 1964.
• Stahls, Paul F., Jr. Plantation Homes of the Lafourche Country. Gretna: Pelican Publishing Company, 1976.

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. "Magnolia Plantation House" (PDF). Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
3. Scott, Mike. "Following in the real footsteps of "12 Years a Slave" figure Solomon Northrup: Mike's Movie Mailbag". journalist. NOLA.com/The Times-Picayune. Retrieved 9 September 2013.