Oakland Plantation House (Gurley, Louisiana)

	Oakland Plantation House
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Along LA 963, about 0.63 miles (1.01 km) west of Gurley
Nearest city	Gurley, Louisiana
Coordinates	30°52′18″N 91°08′41″W / 30.87157°N 91.14464°W
Built	1827
Architect	Thomas W. Scott
NRHP reference No.	80001720
Added to NRHP	October 3, 1980

Oakland Plantation House is a historic mansion located Along LA 963, about 0.63 miles (1.01 km) west of Gurley, Louisiana.

The house was built by Judge Thomas W. Scott in 1827. It has a wide front gallery, and the entrance is highlighted by two large double doors. Inside there are plank ceilings, Federal period woodwork, beaded board walls, and molded Adam style mantels.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Judge Scott's son-in-law, Iveson Greene Gayden, named the house after his Mississippi alma mater, Oakland College.^[2]^[3]^[5]

The house fell into disrepair until it was bought in 1976 by an attorney, William Hutchinson McClendon III, and his wife, Eugenia Slaughter, who have fully restored Oakland Plantation.^[2]^[3]^[5]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 3, 1980.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Oakland Plantation House" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 22, 2018. with two photos and a map
^ ^a ^b ^c Eugenia Slaughter McClendon (April 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Oakland Plantation House". National Park Service. Retrieved May 22, 2018. With four photos from 1980.
^ Butler, Anne, ed. (2009). The Pelican Guide to Plantation Homes of Louisiana, p. 127. Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.
^ ^a ^b Malone, Lee and Paul (1989). The Majesty of the Felicianas, p. 59. Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.

[ladoc-2] "Oakland Plantation House" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 22, 2018. with two photos and a map

[nrhpdoc-3] Eugenia Slaughter McClendon (April 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Oakland Plantation House". National Park Service. Retrieved May 22, 2018. With four photos from 1980.

[4] Butler, Anne, ed. (2009). The Pelican Guide to Plantation Homes of Louisiana, p. 127. Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.

[malone-5] Malone, Lee and Paul (1989). The Majesty of the Felicianas, p. 59. Pelican Publishing Company, Inc.

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