Built 1830 (1830) Opened 1830 Architectural style French Colonial | NRHP Reference # 79001072 Area 2 ha Added to NRHP 28 March 1979 | |
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Location Natchitoches, Louisiana Similar Oakland Plantation, Cane River Creole National, Kate Chopin House, Oaklawn Manor, Homeplace Plantation House | ||
For other plantations of the same name, see Oaklawn Plantation.
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The Oaklawn Plantation is a historic plantation house in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
Location
It is located on the Louisiana Highway 494 East of Natchitoches in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
History
The mansion was built in 1830 for Narcisse Prudhomme. After his death in 1859, the property was inherited by his son, Achille Prudhomme. Although the plantation survived the Civil War of 1861-1865 intact, after Achille's death, the land was divided into parcels by his heirs and sold off. In 1916, Charles Edgar Cloutier, the husband of Adeline Prudhomme, a great-grandniece of Narcisse Prudhomme, purchased the property.
It is now owned by filmwriter Robert Harling, who used it in his film Steel Magnolias (dir. Herbert Ross, 1989).
It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since March 28, 1979.
Architecture
The house has three stories, fourteen chimneys and a large gallery. It is an example of French creole architecture.