Oakland Plantation, Route 494, Bermuda, Natchitoches Parish, LA

See also HABS No. LA-2-2 for additional documentation.

1988 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention

Significance: Oakland Plantation is one of the most important agrarian settings in the U.S. The main house and its many outbuildings create a rare opportunity to experience the cotton kingdom of Louisiana. The plantation was named Oakland by Jacques Alphonse Prudhomme after the Civil War. Prudhomme was born on the plantation in 1838. His mother, Suzanne Lise Metoyer, was born on Metoyer Plantation which adjoined Oakland on the south and represented another of the distinguished French Creole families.

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-87

Survey number: HABS LA-1192

Building/structure dates: 1821 Initial Construction

Building/structure dates: 1880 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1927 Subsequent Work

Building/structure dates: 1935 Subsequent Work

National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 79001073

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1935 - 1970

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