Linwood Plantation Manager's House, Greek Revival house on the National Register of Historic Places in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, United States

The Linwood Plantation Manager's House is a one-story wooden building constructed in 1875 in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, near Newellton. Its main section has five rooms around a central hall, and a rear section adds three rooms. The house shows Greek Revival details: pediment-shaped lintels over windows and doors, original transom windows, and front and side porches with wooden pillars.

The house was built around 1875 following the Civil War, replacing structures destroyed during the conflict that ravaged the region. The rear section features pegged wooden framing from an earlier construction method, indicating that different parts of the building were constructed or rebuilt at different times.

The house served as a home for the plantation manager, a figure responsible for overseeing daily operations and decisions about the land's use. Visitors today can understand how the plantation system functioned and how roles were organized in this agricultural setting during the late 1800s.

The house stands in a rural stretch of Tensas Parish, reached by local roads from Newellton; the nearest larger town is St. Joseph, the parish seat. The grounds are open farmland, so expect mud after rain and no shade at midday. The building is a private historic property rather than a staffed site, so view it from the road and respect the surrounding fields.

The rear section employs pegged wooden framing, a construction technique from an even earlier period, suggesting it may have been an older building that survived and was later connected to the new main structure. This layering of different construction periods makes it a rare example of how plantation buildings were sometimes modified and joined together over time.