Edelman and his wife, Susan Lebovitz-Edelman, sought out the property while leasing another home in the neighborhood. Curci, who was referred to the buyer by Michelle Luhan of Compass in New York, knew just the place on a flat, one-acre oceanfront parcel above the sand. Completed in , it is one of 12 oceanfront homes in Abalone Point within the Irvine Cove community.
Evan Corkett of Villa Real Estate represented the buyer at the time. Large numbers of African-Americans were held as slaves in these plantations while their white owners got rich off their labor. Many plantation houses standing today feature antebellum architecture, which is a neoclassical architectural style characterized by huge pillars, a wide balcony, and big center entrances to multiple-story, box-like mansions.
The Evergreen Plantation is the most intact plantation complex in the South and one of the rare ones still operating as a sugarcane plantation. The main house was built in and renovated in in the Greek Revival style with some Federal accents. Its most distinctive feature being the double staircase on the front of the house.
However, the main house and the slave quarters are still available to tour. Their tour touches on the family history of the owners, the architectural and historical significance of the buildings on the complex, the agricultural aspect of the plantation, and most importantly, the labor of the enslaved African-Americans that was crucial to operating such an enormous plantation.
In , John Cummings bought the plantation from a petrochemical company and spent millions of his own money and 14 years researching and developing the property into a museum and memorial dedicated to telling the tragic story of slavery in America from the eyes of the enslaved. Working with famed historian Ibrahima Seck as the director of research, Cummings collected plenty of artifacts and research materials and formally opened the plantation to the public in December Sixteen original structures remain on site.
Oak Alley Plantation is named for the double row of southern live oaks creating an alley from the Mississippi River up to the main house. The main mansion was finished in , done in Greek Revival-style architecture, with a distinct colonnade of Doric columns all around the exterior. The mansion itself has a square floor plan.
It was even entered in the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia where it won a prize. It thus became known as the Centennial variety. Unfortunately, the plantation where the pecan trees were cultivated washed away in a river break in the s and none of the original Centennial pecans survived. After Jacques Roman passed away, he left it to his wife Celina. The subsequent owners could not afford the upkeep and the buildings fell into disrepair.
The Stewarts commissioned architect Richard Koch to supervise extensive restoration and modernization of the buildings. When Josephine Stewart died in , she willed the historic house and grounds to the Oak Alley Foundation. Their mission is to educate the public about the history of the sugarcane plantation, its owners, and its place in a bygone era characterized by wealth but marred by slavery.
A restaurant and inn are also available on the grounds, in case you want to dine and stay overnight in the plantation. There are more plantations along LA, which we touch upon in our post about the best things to do in Louisiana.
The history of the plantation dates back to when son Isaac Hite, Sr. When his son Isaac Jr. They developed the land into a grain and livestock plantation and had the Manor House built in The Manor House features a grand portico with columns, glass transoms that bring natural light into the rooms, and a T-shaped hallway, allowing for ventilation from all four sides. President Thomas Jefferson contributed these design ideas, which he had actually used for his own home constructed earlier.
After Isaac Jr. Another succession of owners lived in the house until , when Francis Welles Hunnewell bought the property. Hunnewell had the Manor House and the surrounding buildings restored in the s and s. The Manor House, the outbuildings, and the surrounding landscape are all available to tour since they were opened to the public in The Magnolia Plantation dates back to , when Thomas and Ann Drayton built a house and a formal garden on the site.
It grew and evolved through the years, but the plantation remains under the control of the Drayton family. Magnolia began as a rice plantation but after the Civil War, its focus shifted to horticulture. Belle Meade Plantation is a historic plantation that operated as a cotton and livestock farm. He began breeding and racing horses in the plantation.
His son William inherited the property in and expanded it to the neighboring property. The main house was first built in the s as a red brick Federal-style house. When William took over, he had the house altered in a Greek-Revival style and applied stucco to cover the red bricks.
A two-story veranda was created with six limestone pillars, the left wing was removed, and the right wing was raised two stories. A dairy, carriage house, stable, and a mausoleum were added to the plantation complex by the turn of the 20th century.
During the Civil War, Harding had to cease his breeding and racing operations. Belle Meade had many successful thoroughbred studs. In fact, a few of their bloodlines remain and dominate modern horse racing.
In , after the plantation has turned over a few owners, the mansion, eight outbuildings, and the 30 remaining acres of the plantation were purchased by the State of Tennessee to ensure their preservation. Nowadays, you can tour the mansion, the grounds, and the outbuildings.
They also offer a Journey to Jubilee tour that educates visitors about the first African-Americans brought to Belle Meade and highlights their importance to the success of the plantation. After touring, you can go for a free wine tasting at the winery on the grounds. If you want a more extensive wine tasting, you can also sample more wines and pair them with food for an additional fee.
Pebble Hill Plantation was built by Thomas Jefferson Johnson in , first cultivating cotton, then rice. Upon his death, his daughter Julia Anne who managed the plantation with her husband John Mitchell.
In , Melville Hanna acquired the property and eventually gave it to his daughter Kate in , who then bequeathed the property to her daughter Elizabeth Ireland, known as Pansy.
She established and endowed the Pebble Hill Foundation in and willed that the entire estate be given to the foundation so it can be publicly opened as a museum and educate as many visitors as they can about life during that era. The main house was first built in by architect John Wind, who was commissioned by the Johnsons.
Eventually, in , when the plantation was owned by Kate Benedict Hanna, the main house burned down. Hanna then commissioned architect Abram Garfield to rebuild the house and he made it into the Neo-Georgian, Greek Revival style mansion that we know today.
The H-shaped configuration was retained, but the entire house was rebuilt in masonry to make it fire-resistant. The columns on the exterior are reminiscent of the Greek Revival style, while the plaster molding is reminiscent of Beaux-Arts architecture. CF 30 And to all the beasts of the earth and all the birds in the sky and all the creatures that move along the ground—everything that has the breath of life CG in it—I give every green plant for food.
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