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Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA
Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA
Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA
Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA
Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA
Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA
Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA
Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA
Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA
Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA
Summary
Significance: A small structure with an interesting roof reminiscent of an African design; one of the earliest buildings built by blacks. The building may originally have been used for utilitarian purposes.
Survey number: HABS LA-2-69-B
Building/structure dates: ca. 1820 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72000556
Tags
outbuildings
ethnic groups
african americans
building deterioration
houses
hip roofs
melrose
plantation
melrose plantation
african
house
african house
highway
state highway
natchitoches
parish
natchitoches parish
natchitoches parish la
louisiana
images black history month
black history month
cammie g henry
historic american buildings survey
clementine hunter
photo
architectural drawings
library of congress
architectural plan
national register of historic places
Date
1933 - 1970
Contributors
Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Hunter, Clementine
Henry, Cammie G
Location
Melrose
,
31.60728, -92.97462
Source
Library of Congress
Link
Copyright info
No known restrictions on images made by the U.S. Government; images copied from other sources may be restricted. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/114_habs.html