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Asphodel Plantation

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Asphodel Plantation is a Greek Revival house about three and a half miles south of Jackson, Louisiana, on LA 68, completed around 1830 for cotton planter Benjamin Kendrick as a gift to his wife Caroline. The symmetrical fourteen-room house has six Doric columns across its front and two front doors. The plantation house and its cemetery, on 51.4 acres, were added to the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 1972. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Building Type
Plantation 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Louisiana, United States 2
Completed Year
1830 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Plantation 1
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Plantation House, Concepts

In Style

Greek Revival Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Asphodel Plantation (Wikipedia)
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United States

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1. Asphodel Plantation (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asphodel_Plantation, lead definition
    The Asphodel Plantation is a historic building and former plantation, completed in c.1830 and located about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Jackson, Louisiana, United States.
  • Legacy
    The house and cemetery are listed on the National Register of Historic Places since November 15, 1972. Author Lyle Saxon described Asphodel as the "jewel of Louisiana." When the plantation was being built, John James Audubon came to Asphodel to paint portraits of Isabella Kendrick Fluker and two of her sons; the paintings are located in Virginia and have the inscription, "painted at their beloved Asphodel".
  • Lead section
    The Asphodel Plantation is a historic building and former plantation, completed in c.1830 and located about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Jackson, Louisiana, United States.
  • Wikipedia infobox building_type field (Plantation)
    The Asphodel Plantation is a historic building and former plantation, completed in c.1830 and located about 3.5 miles (5.6 km) south of Jackson, Louisiana, United States. It was built by Benjamin Kendrick, a cotton planter and slave owner. Both the house and the cemetery on the property were listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 15, 1972.
  • In Style: Greek Revival Architecture, Infobox: architecture
    Greek Revival
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2. Asphodel Plantation (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Louisiana, United States
Quote, Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Louisiana, United States
Wikidata item Q42378093, property P131/P17 (location): Louisiana, United States
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