Avondale Plantation Home

Avondale Plantation Home is a historic plantation house located along Andrews Road, about 0.87 miles (1.40 km) southeast of Louisiana Highway 10, and about 1.77 miles (2.85 km) east of Clinton, Louisiana. It was built in 1825 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 17, 1982.[1]

Avondale Plantation Home
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Along Andrews Road, about 0.87 miles (1.40 km) southeast of LA 10
Nearest city	Clinton, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°51′47″N 90°59′10″W
Area	0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
Built	1825
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	82000434[1]
Added to NRHP	December 17, 1982

It is a one-and-a-half-story Greek Revival-style house which was, in 1982, located on an open hilltop near the town of Clinton. In 1980 it was moved 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to its actual location, from the Avon Plantation site which had long earlier become a Boy Scout summer camp named Camp Avondale.[2][3]

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "Avondale Plantation Home" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1982. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 25, 2017. Retrieved August 24, 2017. with three photos and two maps Archived 2017-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
3. Bob and Wesley Ann Jordan (June 1981). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Avondale Plantation Home". National Park Service. Retrieved May 18, 2018. With four photos from 1982.