Linwood Plantation Manager's House, house in Tensas Parish, Louisiana, United States
The Linwood Plantation Manager's House is a single-story wooden structure built around 1875 in the Greek Revival style, located in rural Tensas Parish near Newellton, Louisiana. The main section contains five rooms arranged around a central hallway, with a rear section featuring three additional rooms, and displays characteristic features such as pediment-shaped lintels above 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 sits in a quiet rural area with open fields and views toward Lake St. Joseph, accessible by following local roads through the countryside from nearby Newellton. The peaceful surroundings allow visitors to observe the structure and its architectural details at ease while imagining the landscape as it existed during the plantation era.
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.
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