S of Tallulah off LA 602, Tallulah, Louisiana. County/parish: Madison.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 18, 1984. NRIS 84000144.
5 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Crescent Plantation is located on Walnut Bayou, Madison Parish, Tallulah, Louisiana. It was originally built in 1832 but a main section was constructed in 1855. The plantation was the home of doctor D.M. and Elizabeth DeMoss Dancy from 1855 until after the Civil War.
The Crescent Plantation was renamed The Ellis Place in 1902 when the patriarch of the Elder Family died and left ownership to Annie Clark Ellis. Ellis was a Black Woman. The Ellis Place housed, employed, and educated former slaves. She owned The Ellis Place until 1936, when her husband James (Eugene) Ellis was murdered by a violent mob of white people who then chased her and her children off of the land. The Ellis Place was then renamed to the former name, The Crescent Plantation.
The plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places on October 18, 1984.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/73974002