Woodland Plantation (West Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana)
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Woodland Plantation | |
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| Location | 21997 LA 23, West Pointe a la Hache, Louisiana |
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| Built | 1855 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival, Italianate, Gothic Revival |
| Governing body | Private |
| NRHP Reference # |
98000702 [2] |
| Added to NRHP | June 18, 1998 |
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
Vintage Southern Comfort bottle with label showing an illustration of Woodland Plantation. The label was subsequently redesigned in 2010.
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.[3]
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References
- ↑ Commissioned by the U.S. government as part of a documentary program on the Mississippi River, by Alfred Waud depicting Woodland Plantation (Dolan, Michael (2004). The American Porch, p.152. The Lyons Press. ISBN 1-59228-271-7.
- ↑ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
- ↑ "Before & After: Southern Comfort Rebranding", The Dieline, May 19, 2010
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