Tacony Plantation

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

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

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Tacony Plantation House

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| location = Along Taconey Plantation Road, about {{convert|450|yd|m}} north of US 84, Vidalia, Louisiana

| coordinates = {{coord|31.58055|-91.47395|format=dms|display=inline,title,source:ProprioMeOW}}

| locmapin = Louisiana#USA

| built = {{Start date|1850}}

| architecture = Renaissance, Rococo Revival

| added = April 19, 1979

| area = {{convert|9|acre|ha}}

| refnum = 79001059{{NRISref|version=2013a}}

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The Tacony Plantation is a former cotton plantation with a historic mansion in Vidalia, Louisiana, U.S.. It was built in 1850, a decade prior to the American Civil War of 1861–1865, for Alfred Vidal Davis, Sr. (1826-1899).{{cite web|url=https://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/attachments/Parish15/Scans/15007001.pdf|title=Tacony|publisher=State of Louisiana's Division of Historic Preservation |author= |date=|accessdate=May 2, 2018}} with [https://www.crt.state.la.us/dataprojects/hp/nhl/view.asp?ID=175 two photos and two maps]{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=79001059}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination Form: Tacony Plantation House|publisher=National Park Service|author=Mary Eidt and Don Terry of Tacony Restoration Project|date=January 10, 1979|accessdate=May 2, 2018}} With {{NRHP url|id=79001059|photos=y|title=four photos from 1979}}. One of his former slaves, John R. Lynch, became a politician after the war.{{cite book|last1=Meddleton|first1=Stephen|title=Black Congressmen During Reconstruction: A Documentary Sourcebook|date=2002|publisher=Praeger|location=Westport, Connecticut|isbn=9780313322815|oclc=49611120|page=145|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JwLl_kFqzdkC&q=Tacony+Plantation&pg=PA145}}

The plantation house, along with a {{convert|9|acre|ha}} area, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places on April 19, 1979.