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Canebrake
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	Along Maxwell Road, about 2.9 miles (4.7 km) east of Spokane, Louisiana and about 9.7 miles (15.6 km) northeast of Ferriday
Nearest city	Ferriday, Louisiana
Coordinates	31°41′56″N 91°24′41″W / 31.69881°N 91.4113°W / 31.69881; -91.4113
Area	8.5 acres (3.4 ha)
Built	1840 (1840)
NRHP reference No.	82002767
Added to NRHP	August 29, 1982

Canebrake is a historic plantation house in Ferriday, Louisiana. The house was located inside a 531 acres (215 ha) cotton plantation as part of forced-labor operation. The site is west of Mississippi River and east of Lake St. John.

The house was built in c.1840 and has been remodeled in 1850-1860 and in 1910, after the plantation was purchased by Arthur Meserve.

The house and the nearby 8.5 acres (3.4 ha) area, comprising several outbuildings was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 29, 1982.

See also

• List of plantations in Louisiana
• National Register of Historic Places listings in Concordia Parish, Louisiana

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. ^ "Canebrake" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. 1982. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 28, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018. with three photos and two maps Archived 2018-04-28 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ Mary Warren Miller (October 15, 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Canebrake". National Park Service. Retrieved April 27, 2018. With six photos from 1980.
4. "Canebrake". National Park Service. Retrieved July 18, 2016.

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