NE of Ferriday on LA 901, Ferriday, Louisiana. County/parish: Concordia.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 29, 1982. NRIS 82002767.
2 contributing buildings.
Canebrake is a historic plantation house in Ferriday, Louisiana. The house was located inside a 531 acres (215 ha) cotton plantation as part of forced-labor operation. The site is west of Mississippi River and east of Lake St. John.
The house was built in c.1840 and has been remodeled in 1850-1860 and in 1910, after the plantation was purchased by Arthur Meserve.
The house and the nearby 8.5 acres (3.4 ha) area, comprising several outbuildings was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1982.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73973309