2023_photocoll_0166_0091

Digitized Date
2022
Storage Location
Legacy Inventory Number
24075
Media Fields
Media Title
Evergreen Plantation
Media Source
Columbia University Department of Art History and Archaeology Photograph Collection, digitized with support from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Media Label Transcription

Evergreen Plantation; Edgar, Louisiana, United States; SEE BACK; X-E-1; Evergreen Plantation, the most complete plantation grouping in Louisiana, lies just a few miles past Edgar on the west bank of the River Road. It retains all its accessory buildings, such as the old office, the overseer's cottage, and the plantation kitchen. Evergreen features a curving double stairway and formal gardens which can be seen through the high ornate gates at the front of the grounds.; 24075