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Melrose Plantation

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Melrose Plantation, also known as Yucca Plantation, is a National Historic Landmark in the community of Melrose in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, and one of the largest plantations in the United States built by and for free people of color. The land was granted to Louis Metoyer, son of former slave and businesswoman Marie Therese Coincoin, who began building the plantation's Big House around 1832. After Louis died, his son Jean Baptiste Louis Metoyer completed the house in 1833.

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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Plantation 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Louisiana, United States 2
Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account
1833 1
Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Plantation 2
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Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

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1. Melrose Plantation (Wikipedia)
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  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Melrose Plantation, also known as Yucca Plantation, is a National Historic Landmark in the community of Melrose in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana, and one of the largest plantations in the United States built by and for free people of color. The land was granted to Louis Metoyer, son of former slave and businesswoman Marie Therese Coincoin, who began building the plantation's Big House around 1832. After Louis died, his son Jean Baptiste Louis Metoyer completed the house in 1833.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field (1833)
    Melrose Plantation, also known as Yucca Plantation, is a National Historic Landmark located in the unincorporated community of Melrose in Natchitoches Parish in north central Louisiana. This is one of the largest plantations in the United States built by and for free people of color. The land was granted to Louis Metoyer, who had the "Big House" built beginning about 1832. He was a son of Marie Th
  • In Style: American Colonial Architecture, Infobox, architecture
    architecture: Colonial
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2. Melrose Plantation (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Plantation)
    Wikidata item Q6813678, instance of (P31): plantation
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Louisiana, United States
    Wikidata item Q6813678, property P131/P17 (location): Louisiana, United States
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