Lane Plantation

{{short description|Historic house in Louisiana, United States}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Lane Plantation

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| location = 7635 Lane Road, about {{convert|3.2|mi|km}} northeast of Ethel

| nearest_city = Ethel, Louisiana

| coordinates = {{coord|30.80895|-91.08176|format=dms|display=inline,title,source:ProprioMeOW}}

| locmapin = Louisiana#USA

| built = c.1818

| architecture = Federal, Carolina I

| added = April 22, 1993

| area = {{convert|335|acre}}

| refnum = 93000322{{NRISref|version=2013a}}

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The Lane Plantation is a historic plantation located about {{convert|3.2|mi|km}} northeast of Ethel, Louisiana East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, USA.{{cite journal|last1=Duncan|first1=Patricia L.|title=Lane Plantation House|journal=Louisiana History: The Journal of the Louisiana Historical Association|date=Summer 1994|volume=35|issue=3|page=320|jstor=4233125}}

The plantation, originally named Weston Place, (built c 1818 by Malachi Weston who had moved from South Carolina) was bought in 1849 by William Allen Lane from William Silliman who had purchased it in the last of a series of Sheriff’s sales after the heirs of Malachi Weston moved away around 1839. Prior to purchasing Weston Place, the Lane family (starting in 1835) resided in a home called Redwood exactly one mile west where Lane and his brother in law Thomas Lathrop Andrews operated a cotton plantation of approximately 600 acres. The property has remained then in the Lane family ever since.{{cite web|url=https://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/attachments/Parish19/Scans/19012001.pdf|title=Lane Plantation House|publisher=State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation |author= |date=|accessdate=May 22, 2018}} with [https://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/view.asp?ID=283 four photos and two maps]{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=93000322}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lane Plantation House|publisher=National Park Service|author=National Register Staff|date=January 1993|accessdate=May 22, 2018}} With {{NRHP url|id=93000322|photos=y|title=six photos from 1992}}.

A {{convert|335|acre}} area is owned by descendants of the Lane family, the Plauché family. (The surrounding land also remains owned by other Lane family heirs) {{convert|10|acre}} of the property consists of the Lane Plantation House, also known as Weston Place, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 22, 1993. It also contains a barn, tennis court, pond, outdoor garden, as well as three other houses.