Magnolia Plantation (Schriever, Louisiana)

Magnolia Plantation, built in 1858, is a private residence located on Louisiana Highway 311, west of New Orleans and three miles south of Schriever, Louisiana. The plantation was built to cultivate sugar cane, which was a critical part of Terrebonne Parish's antebellum economy. The plantation house is one of six surviving Greek Revival plantation houses in the parish. A portion of the film 12 Years a Slave was filmed at the plantation.

Map of Magnolia Plantation, LA 70395, USA

The plantation was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. According to the List of plantations in Louisiana, Magnolia was given National Historic Landmark status on January 3, 1998.