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Myrtle Hill Plantation House
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Myrtle Hill Plantation House on December 14, 1963.
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Location	On Myrtle Hill Road, about 3.6 miles (5.8 km) southeast of Gloster
Nearest city	Gloster, Louisiana
Coordinates	32°09′41″N 93°46′05″W / 32.16139°N 93.76802°W / 32.16139; -93.76802
Area	10 acres (4.0 ha)
Built	c.1852
Built by	Robbins Brothers
Architectural style	Greek Revival
NRHP reference No.	74002185
Added to NRHP	December 4, 1974

The Myrtle Hill Plantation House is a historic plantation house located along Myrtle Hill Road, near Gloster, Louisiana in DeSoto Parish.

The original 40 by 55 feet (12 m × 17 m) Greek Revival house was built by slave labor between 1835 and 1840.

The English Robbins brothers were brought to Louisiana in the 1830s to build several homes in the Gloster and Kingston area. They were paid $500 worth of gold to oversee enslaved Africans in their building of the Myrtle Hill Plantation House.

The present building was built in 1852 by Edward Riggs. The walls are framed with 3 by 6 inches (0.076 m × 0.152 m) rough-sawn or hand-hewn posts.

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 4, 1974.

See also

• National Register of Historic Places listings in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana

References

1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. "NPGallery Asset Detail". npgallery.nps.gov. Retrieved September 10, 2023.
3. "Myrtle Hill Plantation House" (PDF). State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation. Retrieved May 4, 2018. with two photos and a map
4. Ray P. Oden, Sr. (March 1973). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Myrtile Hill Plantation House". National Park Service. Retrieved March 31, 2018. With seven photos from 1963-73.

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