St. Emma Plantation
St. Emma Plantation is a 13,000-acre (5,300 ha) former sugar plantation and house in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States.
The plantation was the scene of a Civil War skirmish in the fall of 1862. The Greek Revival plantation house was owned by Charles A. Kock, a prominent sugar planter and slaveholder, between 1854 and 1869.
The house was listed on National Register of Historic Places in 1980.
See also
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Martinez, Raymond J.; Jack D.L. Holmes (1969). New Orleans: Facts & Legends. Pelican Publishing. p. 136.
- ^ Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Flaherty (November 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: St. Emma". National Park Service. Retrieved March 19, 2018. With two photos from 1979.
- ^ Daspit, Fred (2006). Louisiana architecture, 1840-1860. University of Louisiana at Lafayette. p. 263. ISBN 9781887366748.
- ^ http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM4BKE_St_Emma_Plantation Louisiana State Historical Marker, located in front of plantation.
External links
- Saint Emma Plantation National Park Service
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