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  1. Jan 7, 2024 · Increasingly machines replaced the need for draft animals and farm workers; what began in the 1930s accelerated after World War II bringing the end of the plantation era. The last tenant family moved off the plantation in the early 1960s. Today, nearly 60 historic buildings of Oakland Plantation remain, set within a rural cultural landscape.

  2. Today, Oakland Plantation is listed by the National Park Service as a National Historic Landmark and Bicentennial Farm. Open to the public as a unit of Cane River Creole National Historical Park, a unit of the National Park System, Oakland's outbuildings, sheds, store houses, and tenant cabins illustrate the daily life of a working cotton ...

  3. Jul 29, 2022 · 16 listed. Welcome to Oakland Plantation, a part of the Cane River Creole National Historical Park. You are about to enter one of the most intact Creole Plantations in existence. Creole can mean different things to different people. Here in the Cane River area, Creoles are descended from Louisiana’s colonial settlers.

  4. Feb 16, 2024 · Additional bedroom added in 1825 to Oakland Plantation’s Main House, Cane River Creole National Historical Park. On display in one of the rooms, in addition to the furniture, is an exhibit of some of the actual tools used to build the Main House at Oakland. The Prud’hommes for some reason kept these for nearly 200 years.

    • When did Oakland Plantation become a National Historic Landmark?1
    • When did Oakland Plantation become a National Historic Landmark?2
    • When did Oakland Plantation become a National Historic Landmark?3
    • When did Oakland Plantation become a National Historic Landmark?4
    • When did Oakland Plantation become a National Historic Landmark?5
  5. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979 and designated as a National Historic Landmark in 2001. Though Oakland contains a fine example of a raised Creole plantation Main House, even more important are the 27 historic outbuildings still standing on the property. This rare wealth of buildings allows visitors to more ...

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  8. Oakland Plantation 4386 Louisiana Highway 494, Natchez, Natchitoches County. Oakland Plantation has national architectural significance as one of the nation’s most complete expressions of therural French Creole building tradition. The architectural period of significance extends from 1818 to the midnineteenth century.

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