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Myrtles Plantation

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The Myrtles Plantation is a historic home and former antebellum plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana, built in 1796 by General David Bradford. Enslaved people worked the property in its early history, and the house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978. It is also widely reputed to be haunted and has been featured on television.

Facts
Building Type
Creole cottage 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Louisiana, United States 2
Completed Year
1796 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Plantation 2
Connections

Has Building Type

Plantation House, Concepts

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.

In Style

Neoclassical Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Myrtles Plantation - Wikipedia

Uses Element

Timber, Architectural Materials
Source Myrtles Plantation - Wikipedia
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1. Myrtles Plantation - Wikipedia
  • Architecture
    Creole cottage
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    The Myrtles Plantation is a historic home and former antebellum plantation in St. Francisville, Louisiana, built in 1796 by General David Bradford. Enslaved people worked the property in its early history, and the house has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1978. It is also widely reputed to be haunted and has been featured on television.
  • Wikipedia infobox completion_date/completed/built field
    completion_date/completed = 1796
  • In Style: Neoclassical Architecture, Wikipedia categories
    Category:Neoclassical architecture in Louisiana
  • Uses Element: Timber, Wikipedia article
    Sited on hill, the eastward-facing frame house, which features a clapboard exterior, is built in the Creole cottage style that characterized many Louisiana plantation houses in the 19th century.
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2. Myrtles 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 Q6948645, property P131/P17 (location): Louisiana, United States
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