Dortch Plantation

NE of Scott off AR 130 at Bearskin Lake, Scott, Arkansas. County/parish: Lonoke.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places December 06, 1975. NRIS 75000397.

2 contributing buildings.

Also known as:

  • Marlsgate
  • See Also:Dortch Plantation
  • William P. Dortch House

From Wikipedia:

Dortch Plantation

The Dortch Plantation, also known as the William P. Dortch House or the Marlsgate Plantation, is an historic house near Scott, Arkansas. Dortch House is the only plantation home in Arkansas that is fully furnished in the antebellum period style and available for tours and private events.

The house and parts of the plantation were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. The NRHP listing was increased in 1979 to cover additional building(s) dating from 1888.

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