Avondale Plantation Home, historic home in Clinton, Louisiana, United States
Avondale Plantation Home is a wooden house built in the early 1800s with a Greek Revival design featuring a one-and-a-half-story structure and large columns. The home sits on a small parcel of land near Andrews Road close to Clinton, displaying tall windows and a symmetrical layout typical of its period.
The house was built in 1825 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. A notable preservation effort involved relocating the building in 1980 about 1.5 miles from its original plantation site, which subsequently became a Boy Scout camp.
The house is easily accessible via Andrews Road and sits less than a mile from Louisiana Highway 10 near Clinton. The site remains simple without prominent signage, but parking is available nearby for visitors interested in exploring the property.
The building was physically moved 1.5 miles from its original site in 1980 to preserve it, while the abandoned plantation grounds became a Boy Scout camp. This makes it a rare example of a relocated historic structure showing how communities work to protect early architecture.
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