Woodland Plantation, Former sugar plantation house in West Pointe à la Hache, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States
Woodland Plantation is a former sugar plantation house at 21997 Louisiana Highway 23 in West Pointe à la Hache, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana. The privately owned building, listed on the National Register of Historic Places since June 18, 1998, stands on grounds that also hold St. Patrick's Catholic Church, moved there in 1998 to preserve it.
Woodland Plantation was a sugar plantation worked by enslaved people before the American Civil War. The property at 21997 Louisiana Highway 23 was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 18, 1998. In the same year, St. Patrick's Catholic Church was moved onto the plantation grounds to preserve it; the church is also on the National Register.
Woodland Plantation is a former sugar plantation in West Pointe à la Hache, Plaquemines Parish, that was worked by enslaved people. Since the 1930s its image, rendered by Alfred Waud after Currier & Ives' 1871 lithograph A Home on the Mississippi, appeared on Southern Comfort labels until the 2010 rebranding. St. Patrick's Catholic Church, also on the National Register, was moved onto the grounds in 1998.
Woodland Plantation is a privately owned bed and breakfast at 21997 Louisiana Highway 23 in West Pointe à la Hache, so visits depend on booking a stay rather than dropping in. The grounds also hold St. Patrick's Catholic Church, moved there in 1998, which can be seen on the same property.
The image on Southern Comfort labels from the 1930s was not a painting but Alfred Waud's rendering of the 1871 Currier & Ives lithograph A Home on the Mississippi, which shows Woodland Plantation. The company dropped the image when it rebranded in 2010.
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