Evan Hall

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Evan Hall Slave Cabins
The remaining slave cabin in 2012
Evan Hall is located in Louisiana
Evan Hall
LocationAlong Louisiana Highway 405, about 150 yards (140 m) northeast of intersection with Louisiana Highway 1
Nearest cityDonaldsonville
Coordinates30°07′05″N 91°02′41″W / 30.11818°N 91.04479°W / 30.11818; -91.04479
Area2 acres (0.81 ha)
Built1840
NRHP reference No.83000484[1]
Added to NRHPSeptember 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

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. ^ Rodriguez, Junius P. (2002). The Louisiana Purchase: A Historical and Geographical Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, California: ABC-CLIO. pp. 163–164. ISBN 9781576071885. OCLC 48784568.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Evan Hall Slave Cabins". National Park Service. Retrieved August 21, 2016.

Notes

  1. ^ Compare [3] sketch map and pictures with modern satellite imagery.

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