Magnolia Lane Plantation, Greek Revival plantation in Jefferson Parish, United States.
Magnolia Lane Plantation, also known as Fortier Plantation, is a plantation house on the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, along LA 541. The National Register listing covers the house and 13.25 acres containing several non-contributing structures. The property has served as a filming location for major motion pictures shot in the New Orleans area.
Edward Fortier owned the plantation in 1784, during the Spanish colonial period, and it was long known as the Fortier Plantation. After a purchase in 1867 the property took the name Magnolia Lane. On February 13, 1986, the plantation house and a 13.25-acre area containing several non-contributing structures were listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The plantation spans 13.25 acres and represents the agricultural practices, social structures, and architectural preferences of Louisiana's nineteenth-century plantation society.
The plantation lies along LA 541 on the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish. The National Register listing covers the house and 13.25 acres with several non-contributing structures. The property has served as a filming location for major motion pictures shot in the New Orleans area.
The property maintains multiple outbuildings from different periods, documenting the evolution of plantation operations through Louisiana's history.
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