Evan Hall
Evan Hall Slave Cabins | |
The remaining slave cabin in 2012 | |
| Location | Along Louisiana Highway 405, about 150 yards (140 m) northeast of intersection with Louisiana Highway 1 |
|---|---|
| Nearest city | Donaldsonville |
| Coordinates | 30°07′05″N 91°02′41″W / 30.11818°N 91.04479°W |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Built | 1840 |
| NRHP reference No. | 83000484[1] |
| Added to NRHP | September 20, 1983 |
Evan Hall is a former sugarcane plantation in Donaldsonville, Louisiana, U.S. It was established for the production of sugar by Evan Jones, a merchant and politician, by 1807.[2][3]
It was later acquired by Henry McCall, a planter from New Orleans, who built a mansion and slave cabins in 1840; McCall owned another plantation in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana.[4][3]
The remaining two slave cabins have been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since September 20, 1983.[5] Sometime after the listing the northeastern cabin seems to have been demolished or incorporated into a modern building.[a]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ Rodriguez, Junius P. (2002). The Louisiana Purchase: A Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. pp. 163–164. ISBN 9781576071885. OCLC 48784568.
- ^ a b c National Register Staff (June 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Evan Hall Slave Cabins". National Park Service. Retrieved March 19, 2018. With eight photos from 1983.
- ^ "Collection Title: Henry McCall's Evan Hall Plantation Book, 1773-1835". The Southern Historical Collection at the Louis R. Wilson Special Collections Library. UNC University Libraries. Retrieved August 21, 2016.
- ^ "Evan Hall Slave Cabins". National Park Service. Retrieved August 21, 2016.