NRHP Reference # 74000466 Phone +1 870-265-6031 | Built ca. 1859 Area 2 ha Added to NRHP 20 November 1974 | |
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Address 601 AR-142, Lake Village, AR 71653, USA Hours Closed today SaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8AM–12PM, 1:30–5PMTuesday8AM–12PM, 1:30–5PMWednesday8AM–12PM, 1:30–5PMThursday8AM–12PM, 1:30–5PMFriday8AM–12PM, 1:30–5PM Architectural style Greek Revival architecture Similar Lake Chicot State Park, Lake Chicot, Southern Tenant Farmers, Madewood Plantation House, Nottoway Plantation House Profiles | ||
Lakeport plantation
Lakeport Plantation is a historic antebellum plantation house near Lake Village, Arkansas and Greenville, Mississippi. Restored between 2003 and 2008, it is now a museum and Arkansas State University Heritage Site.
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Lakeport plantation
History
The mansion was built circa 1859 for Lycurgus Johnson. It was designed in the Greek Revival architectural style. The plantation boomed as cotton prices increased until the end of the Civil War, which freed the slaves on whom the plantation economy depended, and devastated the South.
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