Built 1855 Area 23 ha Phone +1 504-656-9990 | NRHP Reference # 98000702 Opened 1855 Added to NRHP 18 June 1998 | |
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Location 21997 LA 23, West Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana Address 21997 LA-23, Port Sulphur, LA 70083, USA Architectural styles Gothic Revival architecture, Italianate architecture, Greek Revival architecture Similar New Orleans Spring Fi, 1850 House, Belle Grove Plantation, Louisiana Marine Fisheries, Madewood Plantation House | ||
Woodland Plantation, in West Pointe à la Hache, Louisiana, is the mansion depicted in A Home on the Mississippi, an 1871 lithograph which later was licensed for use on the label of Southern Comfort after prohibition ended. Privately owned, it has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1998. It is operated as a bed and breakfast.
It is located at 21997 Louisiana Highway 23 in West Pointe à la Hache, in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
In popular culture
Since the 1930s, the image on the label of Southern Comfort has been a rendering by Alfred Waud of Currier & Ives' A Home on the Mississippi, depicting Woodland Plantation. In 2010, Southern Comfort was rebranded and the company dropped the plantation image from the label.
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