Situated on the west bank of the Mississippi River, between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, the Evergreen Plantation is one of the most intact plantation landscapes in the south of the United States with 22 intact slave cabins. 37 of the buildings on this plantation are on the National Register of Historic Places and the plantation itself enjoy a landmark for its agricultural acreage. It is still used as a sugarcane plantation.
This is one of the 22 extant cabins, complete with authentic furniture and spatial setting to represent the life of enslaved families who once occupied it. The frame-construction, saddlebag-type cabin has two rooms and a central chimney with two openings for heating both the rooms. The front porch runs along the entire length of the house, characteristic of its architectural typology.
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