Arlington Plantation

Arlington Plantation is a historic plantation located near Lake Providence, Louisiana, in the United States. It is best known as a preserved antebellum-era property whose main house is a two-story Greek Revival mansion with a six-bay Doric gallery, overlooking a broad sloping lawn toward Lake Providence. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 3, 1980, as part of a broader study of Lake Providence properties and districts known as the Lake Providence MRA. The plantation is significant both architecturally and historically. It is described as one of only about four two-story galleried Greek Revival mansions in northeastern Louisiana, making it a rare surviving example of that regional building tradition. It is also associated with Edward Sparrow, described as an immensely wealthy cotton planter and Confederate politician, which ties the property to the cotton economy and political history of the antebellum and Civil War-era South. Beyond the main house, the property includes a twentieth-century frame cottage, a gazebo over a cistern, a garage, and a buggy shed. These auxiliary structures help document the working and domestic life of the plantation across different periods. Today Arlington Plantation is recognized primarily as a heritage site and historic landmark rather than as an active commercial agricultural brand, and it appears in listings of plantations in Louisiana and National Register properties in East Carroll Parish.

Arlington Plantation is a historic plantation near Lake Providence, Louisiana. Its documented significance rests on its architecture and its association with Edward Sparrow, described as an immensely wealthy cotton planter and Confederate politician. The main plantation house features a six-bay two-story Doric gallery and overlooks a broad sloping lawn toward Lake Providence. The property also includes a twentieth-century frame cottage, a gazebo over a cistern, a garage, and a buggy shed. The plantation is recognized as one of only about four two-story galleried Greek Revival mansions in northeastern Louisiana, a distinction that underscores its rarity within the region's architectural heritage. On October 3, 1980, Arlington Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places, together with several other Lake Providence properties and districts that were studied together in the Lake Providence MRA. This multiple resource approach placed the plantation within a wider context of historic preservation in the area, alongside resources such as the Lake Providence Commercial Historic District and the Lake Providence Residential Historic District.

• Arlington Plantation was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 3, 1980, along with several other Lake Providence properties and districts studied in the Lake Providence MRA.

Historic plantation property and National Register of Historic Places landmark in northeastern Louisiana.

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