Architecture· c. 1870· West Baton Rouge

Poplar Grove Plantation

National Historic Landmark

One of the most intact post-Civil War sugar plantation complexes in Louisiana, Poplar Grove preserves not just the main house but the full working landscape — the sugar mill ruins, the quarter houses where formerly enslaved and later sharecropping families lived, and the levee infrastructure that kept the cane fields dry. A National Historic Landmark, it is a more honest picture of Reconstruction-era plantation agriculture than most sites in the South.

Quick facts

·One of the most intact post-Civil War sugar plantation complexes in Louisiana.
·Preserves the full working landscape: main house, sugar mill ruins, quarter houses, and levee infrastructure.
·A National Historic Landmark — a more honest picture of Reconstruction-era plantation agriculture than most sites.
·The quarter houses where enslaved and later sharecropping families lived are still standing.
·Located in Port Allen, West Baton Rouge Parish. Tours available.