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San Francisco Plantation
Digital Media Source
Columbia University Department of Art History and Archaeology Photograph Collection, digitized with support from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation
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San Francisco Plantation; Louisiana, United States; SEE BACK; X R 1; Built 1853-56 in the "steamboat Gothic" style, this huge and unusual mansion is a masterpiece of scrolls, fluted columns, wrought-iron grillwork and carved woodwork. Intricate frescoes adorn the ceilings, and the grand variety of antiques will interest even the uninterested.; 24061