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Item Title
Melrose Plantation, African House, State Highway 119, Melrose, Natchitoches Parish, LA
LocationState Highway 119,
Melrose, LA
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Created/Published
Documentation compiled after 1933.
Notes
Survey number HABS LA-2-69-B
Building/structure dates:
1820 initial construction
Significance: A small structure with an interesting roof reminiscent of an African design; one of the earliest buildings built by blacks. The building may originally have been used for utilitarian purposes.
Subjects
OutbuildingsBuilding DeteriorationAfrican Americans
Related Names
Hunter, Clementine
Henry, Cammie G.
Collection
Historic American Buildings Survey (Library of Congress)
Contents
Photograph caption(s):
Historic American Buildings Survey Lester Jones, Photographer February 28, 1940 "African House" SOUTH ELEVATION
Historic American Buildings Survey Lester Jones, Photographer February 28, 1940 DETAIL OF AFRICAN HOUSE
SOUTH (FRONT) ELEVATION, FROM SOUTHWEST
ELEVATION VIEW OF MURAL "BAPTISM" BY CLEMENTINE HUNTER IN SOUTHWEST CORNER, SOUTH WALL, WITH SCALE
ELEVATION VIEW OF MURAL "FUNERAL & WAKE" BY CLEMENTINE HUNTER IN SOUTHWEST CORNER, WEST WALL, WITH SCALE
ELEVATION VIEW OF MURAL "WEDDING" BY CLEMENTINE HUNTER IN NORTHWEST CORNER, WEST WALL, WITH SCALE
ELEVATION VIEW OF MURAL "COTTON" BY CLEMENTINE HUNTER IN NORTHWEST CORNER, NORTH WALL, WITH SCALE
ELEVATION VIEW OF MURAL "MELROSE ON CANE RIVER" BY CLEMENTINE HUNTER ON CENTER OF NORTH WALL. WITH SCALE
ELEVATION VIEW OF MURAL "PHOTO & AIRPLANE" BY CLEMENTINE HUNTER IN NORTHEAST CORNER, NORTH WALL, WITH SCALE
ELEVATION VIEW OF MURAL "AFRICA HOUSE/MELROSE" BY CLEMENTINE HUNTER IN NORTHEAST CORNER, EAST WALL, WITH SCALE
ELEVATION VIEW OF MURAL "JUKE JOINT" BY CLEMENTINE HUNTER IN SOUTHEAST CORNER, EAST WALL
ELEVATION VIEW OF MURAL "WASH DAY" BY CLEMENTINE HUNTER IN SOUTHEAST CORNER, SOUTH WALL, WITH SCALE
INTERIOR VIEW, GENERAL VIEW LOOKING FROM SOUTHWEST CORNER
INTERIOR VIEW, GENERAL VIEW LOOKING FROM NORTHEAST CORNER
Elevation view of mural "baptism" by Clementine Hunter, with scale
Elevation view of mural "funeral" by Clementine Hunter, with scale
Elevation view of mural "wedding" by Clementine Hunter, with scale
Elevation view of mural "cotton" by Clementine Hunter, with scale
Elevation view of mural "Melrose on the Cane River" by Clementine Hunter, with scale
Elevation view of mural "photo and airplane" by Clementine Hunter, with scale
Elevation view of mural "Africa House/Melrose" by Clementine Hunter, with scale
Elevation view of mural "juke joint" by Clementine Hunter
Elevation view of mural "wash day" by Clementine Hunter, with scale
Interior view looking from the southwest corner
Interior view looking from the northeast corner
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