4386 LA HWY 494, Natchez, Louisiana. County/parish: Natchitoches.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 29, 1979. NRIS 79001073.
20 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site. 4 contributing structures.Also known as:
Oakland Plantation, originally known as the Jean Pierre Emmanuel Prud'homme Plantation, and also known as Bermuda, is a historic plantation in an unincorporated area of Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. Founded as a forced-labor farm worked by enslaved Black people for White owners, it is one of the nation's best and most intact examples of a French Creole cotton plantation complex. The Oakland Plantation is now owned by the National Park Service as part of the Cane River Creole National Historical Park.
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since August 29, 1979. It is designated as a notable destination on the state's Louisiana African American Heritage Trail. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on January 3, 2001.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73974070